DELAWARE — Delaware County Juvenile Court Judge David Hejmanowski has set trial dates for May 7 and 8 in the case of a Willis Education Center student charged with bringing a firearm to school.
Both trials are scheduled to begin at 9 a.m.
Hejmanowski set the dates during an April 8 pretrial hearing. He also ordered the 16-year-old male student remain in custody at the Marysville Juvenile Detention, where he has been held since his Feb. 26 arrest.
The case began with a charge of possession of a deadly weapon or dangerous ordnance at school. Delaware Police Department School Resource Officer John Hartman took the student into custody on Feb. 26 after recovering a firearm at Willis Education Center, where the student attends classes.
The state has since added a second charge of illegal conveyance of a firearm in a school safety zone after finding out the student allegedly brought the same firearm to the Delaware Area Career Center, where he also attends classes.
Assistant County Prosecutor Karalyne Noble alleged the firearm was loaded while the student had it at one of the schools.
The student was taken into custody without incident on Feb. 26, after police were alerted just before 9 a.m. from a source outside the school. No injuries were reported.
“A student who does not live in Delaware saw the information on social media posted by the suspect and was concerned enough to call the police,” Delaware Police Chief Adam Moore previously told Delaware Source.
“It caused him to believe (the student) was in possession of a firearm at school,” Moore said.
