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Arrest Made in The Case Involving The Gun Found At Dade County High
The subject who was arrested was employed as a teacher by the Dade County School System
The Dade County Sheriff’s Office High School SRO was notified the morning March 8th, 2022 that a teacher found a firearm. The firearm was located inside a classroom and unloaded, but had 10 rounds of ammunition inside the gun case. The SRO immediately took possession of the firearm, a search was conducted, and no additional weapons were found.. Dade County Sheriff’s Office immediately and aggressively began investigating this case, as Sheriff Cross takes all incidents like this very seriously. Throughout the investigation, Dade County Investigators identified a suspect and made an arrest on March 9th, 2022 at approximately 10:00am. Dade County Investigators took Catherine Turner (60 of Ringgold, GA) in to custody at the High School without incident. The subject who was arrested was employed as a teacher by the Dade County School System
Nothing found during the investigation indicated that there was ever a threat to any Dade County Student or Employee. Ms. Turner is currently being housed at the Dade County Jail, awaiting a bond to be set by a judge.
This investigation is still active, and no further details will be released at this time.
As always, all subjects are presumed innocent until proven guilty by a court of law.
Information obtained from the Dade County Sheriffs Office
