{"id":432562,"date":"2026-10-20T01:28:12","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T01:28:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/432562\/"},"modified":"2026-10-20T01:28:12","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T01:28:12","slug":"leon-county-deputy-arrests-14-year-old-leon-high-student-after-knife-found-on-campus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/432562\/","title":{"rendered":"Leon County deputy arrests 14-year-old Leon High student after knife found on campus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TALLAHASSEE, Fla. &#8212; A 14-year-old ninth-grade student at Leon High School was arrested after a knife was found on campus, according to the Leon County Sheriff\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n<p>The sheriff\u2019s office said that on Friday, Oct. 16, a school resource deputy was notified after a teacher saw a knife fall from the bottom of the student\u2019s backpack while the student was walking down a school hallway.<\/p>\n<p>The student was taken into custody and transported to the Juvenile Assessment Center, the sheriff\u2019s office said.<\/p>\n<p>The student was charged with possession of a weapon on school property. The sheriff\u2019s office said the student also will be disciplined in accordance with the Leon County Schools Student Code of Conduct.<\/p>\n<p>The Leon County Sheriff\u2019s Office encouraged parents and guardians to talk with their children about the consequences of bringing weapons to school and the importance of maintaining a safe and secure learning environment.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Leon County Sheriff's office\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"364\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/4c8e12d4-940d-4e08-9d93-0b5afe8ec6bd-LeonCountySheriffsoffice2.jpg\" width=\"648\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Leon County Sheriff&#8217;s office<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TALLAHASSEE, Fla. &#8212; A 14-year-old ninth-grade student at Leon High School was arrested after a knife was found&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":432563,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[232,234,233],"class_list":["post-432562","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tallahassee","tag-tallahassee","tag-tallahassee-headlines","tag-tallahassee-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/432562","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=432562"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/432562\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/432563"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=432562"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=432562"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=432562"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}