The Gloucester County Sheriff’s Office has charged four men in connection to an “incident” involving guns that put a recent school board meeting on lockdown for two hours.
According to a news release from the sheriff’s office, a deputy was on duty at the meeting, located at the education center that houses a preschool and a day care. The deputy noticed a group of five men enter the meeting together but then disperse among the other attendees. During the meeting, the deputy noticed Trevor Herrin, of Williamsburg, holding a knife in “scout carry” position, which the sheriff’s office says makes it easy to withdraw the knife from the sheath.
“During the meeting Mr. Herrin came to the podium and spoke during the citizen comment period,” the release from the sheriff’s office reads. “The male alleged that his vehicle had been vandalized during the last school board meeting and stated that (he) ‘would strongly recommend caution and reflection before engaging in anything like that, especially with someone you don’t know, with capabilities you don’t know.’”
The sheriff’s office said Herrin told deputies in an interview that he felt attacked by the alleged vandalism, which he said involved someone slashing a tire. Security video was checked by law enforcement in an effort to see any vandalism done to Herrin’s vehicle, according to officers. No evidence of anyone tampering with his vehicle was seen in the video, and Herrin never filed an incident report.
After Herrin spoke, the deputy saw the grip of a gun that had previously been concealed by Herrin’s shirt. The five men, including Herrin, left the meeting, but the deputy approached them in the parking lot. Four of the five men — Herrin, Derek Coblentz, Chris Cordasco and Antonio Hernandez — were carrying concealed firearms on school property, according to the sheriff’s office. The fifth person was not carrying a weapon, and no charges have been filed against him. All of the men except Herrin have concealed carry permits.
All four are charged with carrying a firearm on school property, and Herrin carries an additional charge of unlawful possession of a concealed firearm.
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