Orlando Sentinel

2 students bring knives to Stoneman Douglas,

- By Scott Travis and Tonya Alanez Staff Writers

Two students were arrested Tuesday, accused of bringing knives to the Parkland school where 17 people were killed by a gunman on Feb. 14. A third student is being mentally evaluated for making online threats.

Compoundin­g the anxiety emanating from the campus, a Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School deputy was suspended for sleeping on the job after being caught by a student on Monday evening, according to the Broward Sheriff ’s Office.

The student notified a sergeant patrolling the school that Deputy Moises Carotti was asleep in his patrol car, said Veda Coleman-Wright, a spokeswoma­n for the Sheriff ’s Office.

The sergeant knocked on Carotti’s window to wake him up, she said. Carotti was suspended with pay while an internal affairs investigat­ion is launched.

Tuesday’s school day began with the arrest of Jordan Salter, 18, after a conflict in the cafeteria. She poured cereal on another student’s head after he asked Salter’s friend a sexually offensive question. When the boy leaned in close to Salter’s face, she pulled a 2-inch black knife from her bra, opened it and displayed it, according to a report from the Sheriff’s Office.

The next arrest came in the afternoon, when school authoritie­s learned that Gavin Stricker, 17, had brandished a knife on a bus Monday. He was called into the school’s office and a 9-inch knife was found in his backpack, according to a juvenile arrest report.

The third event developed after screenshot­s of a sophomore’s Snapchat account circulated around campus. It showed the boy posing with a gun in his waistband along with images of bullets.

The student, who was hospitaliz­ed for a mentalheal­th evaluation, faces a misdemeano­r charge for disrupting school with the social media threat.

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