A Forest Oak Middle School employee was arrested and charged with possessing a loaded privately manufactured handgun on the school campus in Gaithersburg.
Tuesday at 12:24 p.m., Gaithersburg Police Community Engagement Officers were called to the school in the 600 block of Saybrooke Oaks Boulevard for a report of a staff member with a firearm.
William Broadus Coleman, 30, of Washington, D.C. consented to a search of his vehicle, where the officers found a loaded handgun, police reported.
He is the school’s building service manager.
Coleman was charged with possession of a loaded handgun and possession of a dangerous weapon on school property.
He was transported to the Montgomery County Central Processing Unit and has been charged with possession of a firearm, possession of a loaded handgun and possession of a dangerous weapon on school property.
Bond information is not currently available.
