Girl arrested for bringing ammo to “shooting plot” high school

Philadelphia Inquirer, The, May, 2006 by Sam Wood

A sophomore was arrested today on charges of bringing live ammunition to Winslow Township High School, where an alleged shooting rampage plot was recently uncovered.

The student, a 10th grader from Sickerville, admitted to school administrators that she carried four loaded .22-cal. rounds this morning in her backpack, officials said.

Police were called shortly after 9:15 a.m. when a bus driver reported he had found a live round on a bus seat, said Dr. Michael Schreiner, Interim Superintendent of Winslow Township schools.

Administrators placed the school under a temporary lockdown. Students were asked to stay in their second period class until a search of the school was complete, Schreiner said.

Students who had ridden the bus on which the bullet was...