Norfolk bus driver charged after gun found on school bus is arraigned
Heather McCarron
hmccarron@wickedlocal.com
NORFOLK A driver who transports students for the King Philip and Norfolk school districts was arraigned Monday in Wrentham District Court, three days after middle school students found his gun on a seat of the bus apparently having accidentally fallen from his pocket while cleaning the bus.
An innocent plea was entered on driver David Tripp s behalf and he was released on personal recognizance pending a return to court for a pre-trial hearing this summer.
Tripp, 65, of Norfolk, is charged with reckless endangerment of a child, improper storage of a firearm near a minor, intimidation of a witness/juror/court official, and carrying a firearm on a campus.
Bus Driver Charged After Middle School Students Find Gun On Seat - Wrentham, MA - King Philip officials and police said David Tripp dropped the gun while cleaning the bus after driving elementary school students to school.
Massachusetts bus driver arrested after students found gun on school bus, police say
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The firearm was found to be a Smith & Wesson .45 caliber. It was found loaded with seven rounds but did not have a round in the chamber when it was confiscated at his home by police Friday.
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A King Philip Middle School parent contacted police Thursday after their child informed them of the incident.
“Through the police investigation, including interviews with witnesses and reviewing surveillance footage from the bus, officers determined that the gun was found on a seat in the back of the bus as students were boarding. It was determined that no student touched the gun,” Police Chief Charles Stone, Norfolk Public Schools Superintendent Ingrid Allardi and King Philip Regional School District Superintendent Paul Zinni said in a joint statement.
School bus driver arrested after students find gun on seat
May 8, 2021
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NORFOLK, Mass. (AP) A school bus driver in Norfolk was arrested Friday after students found a handgun that police say he had accidentally dropped.
David Tripp, 65, of Norfolk, faces charges including reckless endangerment of a child and carrying a firearm on a school campus. He was being held by Norfolk police and is expected to be arraigned Monday.
Police say they received a call Thursday from a parent whose child saw the gun while getting on the bus at King Philip Middle School. An investigation found that the gun had been on a seat in the back of the bus as students were boarding. None of the students touched it, police said.
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