Crime & Safety

Student Accused of Bringing Knife to Osborne High

He was arrested Thursday.

An Osborne High student on Thursday allegedly brought a 6.5-inch throwing knife to school.

Salvador A. Salgado was in the bathroom when his teacher noticed the knife "in plain view on the table" around 3 p.m. March 21, according to a Cobb County criminal warrant.

When Salgado returned from the bathroom, the teacher asked him if the knife belonged to him.

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"Accused said 'Yes,' " authorities wrote in the warrant.

The blade on the knife was 3.5 inches long and the handle was 3 inches.

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The teacher escorted Salgado to an assistant principal's office, where police arrested him on a charge of carrying a weapon within a school safety zone.

Early Friday morning, he was released from the Cobb County Jail on an $8,000 bond.


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