A 39-year-old man was arrested at an Alabama middle school after being found intoxicated in the parking lot with a firearm in his car. The suspect, Justin Harold Retherford, was also found to be in violation of a protection from abuse order taken out against him by an East Lawrence School student.
A 39-year-old man was arrested after authorities say he showed up intoxicated to a north Alabama middle school parking lot Thursday afternoon with a gun in his vehicle and violated an order of protection taken out against him.
Justin Harold Retherford, 39, of Trinity, was arrested on charges of public intoxication, possession of a firearm on school property and violation of a protection from abuse order following the incident in the East Lawrence Middle School parking lot, the sheriff’s office said. The school resource officer at East Lawrence School was notified around 1 p.m. Thursday of a “suspicious individual” in the East Lawrence Middle School parking lot. The officer noticed a handgun in Retherford’s vehicle while the suspect was going through the back of his car. During the field interview, the suspect was unable to form coherent responses, leading the officer to suspect intoxication, the sheriff’s office said. Retherford had an active protection from abuse order filed against him, with the protected person being an East Lawrence School student, authorities said. The sheriff’s office said additional charges may be forthcoming once the suspect is coherent enough for questioning.
ALABAMA ARREST GUN INTOXICATION MIDDLE SCHOOL PROTECTION ORDER SCHOOL PROPERTY
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