{"id":213844,"date":"2026-04-01T00:40:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T00:40:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/213844\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T00:40:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T00:40:08","slug":"florida-student-arrested-after-weapon-found-in-backpack-at-school-hcso","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/213844\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida student arrested after weapon found in backpack at school: HCSO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TAMPA, Fla. (CBS12)  \u2014 A high school student in Florida was arrested after being accused of bringing a weapon to school on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/teamhcso.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Hillsborough County Sheriff\u2019s Office <\/a>says that around 11:45 a.m., a school resource officer was notified by a school administrator that a 17-year-old student had a weapon on campus. When deputies searched the student\u2019s backpack, they found a kitchen knife with a black handle and a four-inch blade. Deputies also discovered a pocket knife. In addition, deputies found a book in the student\u2019s backpack related to the Columbine High School massacre perpetrators\u2019 diaries.<\/p>\n<p>See also: <a href=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/news\/local\/tiger-woods-steps-away-from-golf-pga-tour-dui-arrest-hydrocodone-pills-jupiter-island-martin-county-sheriffs-office-florida-news\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Tiger Woods steps away from golf after DUI arrest in Martin County<\/a><\/p>\n<p>During the investigation, deputies learned the 17-year-old brought the knife to school due to an ongoing dispute with other students. Deputies say no threats were reported and no injuries were associated with the incident.<\/p>\n<p>The 17-year-old is now facing a charge of possession of a weapon on school property.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis situation could have escalated quickly, but thanks to the vigilance of those who reported it and the swift response of our deputies, we were able to intervene before anyone was harmed,\u201d said Hillsborough County Sheriff Chad Chronister.<\/p>\n<p>Comment with Bubbles<\/p>\n<p>BE THE FIRST TO COMMENT<\/p>\n<p>The sheriff\u2019s office says the investigation is ongoing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TAMPA, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 A high school student in Florida was arrested after being accused of bringing a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":213845,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-213844","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213844","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=213844"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213844\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/213845"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=213844"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=213844"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=213844"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}