Police: Custodians had rifle at school, posted photos of it

A custodian at an elementary school in Boca Raton is charged with having afirearm on school groundsafterhebrought a rifle to the school, photographedanother custodian holding it and shared it on the popular messaging serviceWhatsApp, according to School District Police.

Domingo Urena-ReinosoandHooverMorawere arrested after Urena-Reinoso, 52, brought a rifle to J.C. Mitchell Elementary School andMora, 58, was photographed with it. The photo reportedly circulated on WhatsApp, according to court documents.

The photo was reportedly taken on Wednesday, then it later circulated on WhatsApp and was brought to the attention of a school police officer Thursday. It allegedly shows Mora wearing a polo shirt with the school district’s logo posing with the rifle slung around his bodyat the school, according to court documents.

A copy of the photowas requested by the South Florida Sun Sentinel, but it was not immediately provided.

A school district police detective interviewed Mora, who said the rifle belonged to Urena-Reinoso. Mora said Urena-Reinoso brought the rifle to the schoolWednesdayand took a photo with it, court documents show.

When interviewed by police, Urena-Reinoso told detectives he brought his Smith and Wesson AR15 to the school to show his colleagues, according to an arrest report.

He told policehewaited for there to be no more students on campus and

that he didn’t know he couldn’thave itoncampus outside of school hours, the report says.

Both menwere charged with possession of a firearm on school property, a felony. Both were let out of the Palm Beach County Jail on supervised release Friday.

J.C. Mitchell Elementary principal Joan Pierre-Jerome issued an alert to parents Friday morning, according to the Palm Beach Post.

“Neither children nor staff were threatened. It appears the employee brought the weapon to school to show co-workers,” the alert said, in part. “The possession of a firearmonschool property is a felony. Signage ispostedon all district property stating that firearms are strictly forbidden.”

A judge ordered both men to have no contact with each other, not to return to the school they worked at and not to be in possession of weapons, court records show.

Reached by phone Saturday, Urena- Reinoso said he didn’t speak English. Attempts to reach Morawere unsuccessful.

HooverMora, left, and DomingoUrena-Reinoso were arrested afterUrenaReinoso allegedly brought a rifle and Morawas photographed holding it at a school where the twowork as custodians.