A Villa Ridge woman has been charged with child endangerment after one of her children took a loaded handgun to a Franklin County elementary school in October, according to documents.
A Villa Ridge woman has been charged with child endangerment after one of her children took a loaded handgun to a Franklin County elementary school in October, according to documents from the Franklin County Sheriff’s Department.
The case against Erica Lemieux, 30, dates back to Oct. 5, 2022, when a Robertsville Elementary School teacher went to retrieve a folder from a student’s backpack and discovered a loaded handgun inside the student’s backpack. The gun was turned over to the school’s principal, who determined that the 9-millimeter handgun had a full magazine of 10 rounds and one round in the chamber. The gun’s safety was off at the time of the gun’s discovery, according to investigators.
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