Student Brought Gun To School Prompting Lockdown In Union County: Cops

The Union Catholic High School student was charged with unlawful possession of a weapon, possession of a defaced firearm, and possession of a firearm in an educational institution, said Scotch Plains Police Chief Jeff Briel. The name of the student was not released. On Jan. 22 at around 10:45 a.m. the Scotch Plains Police Department got a call from a member of the administration at Union Catholic High School about a handgun that had been recovered in the school, said Briel. The building was immediately placed on lockdown and Scotch...