{"id":55628,"date":"2025-11-21T16:29:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T16:29:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/55628\/"},"modified":"2025-11-21T16:29:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T16:29:07","slug":"13-year-old-arrested-for-bringing-8-inch-knife-to-nims-middle-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/55628\/","title":{"rendered":"13-year-old arrested for bringing 8-inch knife to Nims Middle School"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LEON COUNTY, FL \u2014 A 13-year-old Nims Middle School student was arrested Thursday, November 20th, for bringing an 8-inch steak knife to campus and displaying it to other students, <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo?fbid=1281003814071709&amp;set=a.228096819362419\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">according to the Leon County Sheriff&#8217;s Office.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A School Resource Deputy was notified that the sixth-grade student was in possession of a knife on campus and had shown it to other students, according to a Leon County Sheriff&#8217;s Office press release. A school administrator identified the student, who admitted to having a knife in his backpack.<\/p>\n<p>The report states that an administrative search of the student&#8217;s backpack revealed an 8-inch steak knife.<\/p>\n<p>The student was arrested for possession of a dangerous weapon on school grounds and taken to the Juvenile Assessment Center, according to the sheriff&#8217;s office.<\/p>\n<p>The student will also face disciplinary action in accordance with the Leon County Schools Student Code of Conduct.<\/p>\n<p>The Leon County Sheriff&#8217;s Office encourages parents and guardians to speak with their children about the consequences of bringing weapons to school and the importance of maintaining a safe and secure learning environment, according to the press release.<\/p>\n<p>This story has been converted to this platform with the assistance of AI. Our editorial team verifies all reporting on all platforms for fairness and accuracy.<\/p>\n<p>Want to see more local news? Visit the <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wtxl.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">WTXL ABC 27 Website. <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Stay in touch with us anywhere, anytime.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WTXLABC27\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Like us on Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Follow us on<a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/wtxlabc27\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Instagram <\/a>and <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/abc27\" rel=\"nofollow\">X.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LEON COUNTY, FL \u2014 A 13-year-old Nims Middle School student was arrested Thursday, November 20th, for bringing an&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":940,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[242,2392,5699,12968,25279,232,234,233,562],"class_list":["post-55628","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tallahassee","tag-abc-27","tag-knife","tag-leon-county-sheriffs-office","tag-nims-middle-school","tag-student-arrested","tag-tallahassee","tag-tallahassee-headlines","tag-tallahassee-news","tag-wtxl"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55628","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=55628"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55628\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/940"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55628"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}