COLLIER COUNTY, Fla. - A Florida high school student was arrested Monday after deputies said he brought a knife, gas mask and other disturbing items to school.
Benjamin Mendoza, 18, was booked into the Collier County Jail on charges of possession of a weapon on school property and interfering/disrupting school administration functions.
- Deputies said they received a tip about Mendoza Friday from someone who said Mendoza had brought a gas mask to Palmetto Ridge High School and previously had made disturbing comments to him about the Las Vegas mass shooting.
- When confronted at the school, northwest of Naples, detectives found several items in Mendoza’s backpack including:
A fake, but realistic-looking Los Angeles Police Department badge;
A drawing of a body with bullet holes to the chest and the words, “dead ha ha dead” written on the back of the paper;
A small notebook containing stories and drawings depicting victims and suspects in murders and other crimes;
A Palmetto Ridge High School map;
A note that said, “shoot up school” and “school shoot animae (cq) dead.”
- Mendoza also had a map of the school and a list of students names in his backpack, the Naples Daily News reported.
- Other students also told detectives that they saw Mendoza with a knife and gas mask at school.
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