Teacher, 25, is arrested for 'hiding a gun for a student in her classroom'

Teacher, 25, is arrested for 'hiding a gun for a student in her classroom shortly before they threatened to shoot up the school on Snapchat' Sarah Melissa Wilson, 25, was arrested and charged with aiding a minor to possess a firearm on educational property on Monday Police believe Wilson stored a Raven .25-caliber handgun in a draw in her classroom after a student showed and handed it over to her She then reportedly returned the weapon to the minor at the end of the day The same student allegedly uploaded a video to Snapchat posing with the weapon on campus and making a series of threats against the school Wilson will appear in court on May 30 and has been suspended without pay Investigators are also pursuing charges against two students at the school who were said to be in possession of the gun on campus at separate times 

By Luke Kenton For Dailymail.com

Published: 18:41 BST, 16 May 2019 | Updated: 19:59 BST, 16 May 2019

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A North Carolina teacher was arrested on Monday after police say she stored a gun in her classroom for a student, shortly before they posed with the weapon on Snapchat and threatened to ‘shoot-up’ the school.

Sarah Melissa Wilson, 25, was arrested and charged with aiding a minor to possess a firearm on educational property, after investigators discovered a gun at the Paisley Magnet School in Winston-Salem last Thursday.

Police believe Wilson stored a Raven .25-caliber handgun in a draw in her classroom after a student asked her to look after it for them. 

She then reportedly returned the weapon to the minor at the end of the school day.

 

Sarah Melissa Wilson, 25, was arrested and charged with aiding a minor to possess a firearm on educational property on Monday

Sarah Melissa Wilson, 25, was arrested and charged with aiding a minor to possess a firearm on educational property on Monday

Police believe Wilson stored a Raven .25-caliber handgun in a draw in her classroom after a student asked her to hide it for them (file photo)

Police believe Wilson stored a Raven .25-caliber handgun in a draw in her classroom after a student asked her to hide it for them (file photo)

The discovery of the gun was made after a resource officer at the school began investigating a report of Snapchat video allegedly depicting a student posing on campus with the firearm and making a series of threats relating to a

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