Report: Florida Boy, 11, Found With Marijuana Traded iPod for Gun
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Seminole County, Fla., police arrested an 11-year-old boy Friday after Woodlands Elementary School officials allegedly found marijuana and a gun in his back pack, MyFOX Orlando reported.
The school sent home a letter with students Monday afternoon explaining to parents what happened.
Jarrett Snipes, a fifth-grader who now has a mugshot, reportedly used an iPod that he had borrowed as a down payment for the gun, which he bought from another child.
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School officials said they found the gun, which was not loaded, along with three small bags of marijuana and a window punch, a pen-sized tool used to easily break windows, inside Snipes' bag.
Snipes faces charges of possessing a concealed weapon, along with drug charges, MyFOX Orlando reported.
Snipes’ next-door neighbor, Arielle Sag, thinks the boy’s parents should be the ones in trouble.
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"It shouldn't be the kids who should be in trouble," Sag told MyFOX Orlando. "I think it's the parents, because the parents should be around and should be a mentor."