Alabama parent arrested after bringing shotgun to school www.privateofficer.com

ATHENS AL May 27 2010– A 51-year-old Athens man is in Limestone County Jail, charged with attempting to take a loaded 12-gauge shotgun onto the Athens High School campus.

Thomas Brian Smoak was arrested Tuesday and charged with having a weapon on school grounds and making a terrorist threat.

Athens Police Capt. Floyd Johnson says dispatchers were told the school had received a call informing them a father of one of the students was on his way with a shotgun. Officers arrived and learned that a student had been involved in an incident and that his father was upset over the way it was handled.

Johnson says Smoak’s vehicle entered and exited the campus and was stopped by officers, who discovered the weapon and ammunition.

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