Three young adults are charged with reckless conduct, but the school is not involved. Here are the full details.
Two Oswego men and one Aurora woman were charged with reckless conduct after a traffic stop Monday near a Geneva school that involved an Airsoft gun, police said. "Due to the nature of the call Geneva schools were placed on lockdown until the incident was resolved," said a statement from the Kane County Sheriff's Office. "Deputies did recover an air soft pistol that closely resembles a handgun." The incident first began south of the area at about 3:15 pm, the Sheriff's statement said. The three people charged were in at least one vehicle in the area of Route 30 and Route 47 near Sugar Grove when someone inside one car fired several shots, from what initially appeared to be some sort of pistol, at the other car. The person that was fired …
Hallways are cleared to address a situation with a student, the school's principal said.
A situation with a student Thursday prompted a brief shutdown of a Batavia school, the principal announced. The incident occurred at about noon at Grace McWayne School, 3501 Hapner Way, said Principal Jeff Modaff. As a result, staff cleared the school hallways and closed classroom doors for about 10 minutes. "This allowed staff and emergency personnel to support this student safely and confidentially," Modaff said in an online message sent at 4:30 p.m. Thursday to the school community. "The staff, students and guests of the building were never in danger as this was only a safety and privacy precaution." A Batavia Fire Department medical unit responded to Grace McWayne at about noon today, Battalion Chief Randy Zies confirmed. One patient …
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Chris Kenny
7:20 am on Wednesday, April 17, 2013
A voice of reason. Not every error in judgement is criminal. Too many people in today's society are quick to judge. As far as the terrorized children go, that is on whomever thought it necessary to lock the children in darkened closets. I agree with John and Jessica below that it is hard to know just how serious any given incident like this may be. Damned if you do and dammed if you don't. If the… more ›