MONROE - The gun a 16-year-old student had in his possession at Monroe High School Monday was allegedly stolen, according to authorities.
Sheriff's deputies learned the gun was taken from an building along Wisconsin 11 in Cadiz Springs township last week, Chief Deputy Jeff Skatrud said.
A 16-year-old Monroe High School male student was in court Tuesday after he was taken into custody Monday for possession of a shotgun on school property.
Tuesday's court proceeding was closed to the public, because the student is a juvenile.
No charges have been filed in the case. The district attorney's office has 30 days to file charges.
Monroe Police Chief Fred Kelley said his department was notified at about 11:15 a.m. Monday that a school administrator took a 12-gauge shotgun from a student's vehicle. The gun was unloaded and was in a gun case, Kelley said.
Officers later discovered the gun was allegedly stolen from a rural Monroe residence, Kelley said.
The theft investigation has been turned over to the Green County Sheriff's Department.
"There was no threats made, and the gun wasn't being brandished around," Kelley said.
School officials confiscated the gun by the time police were called to the High School. The juvenile was taken to a juvenile detention center in Rock County, he said.
Monroe Superintendent Larry Brown said two students either were told about the gun or saw it in the vehicle and reported it to the high school office.
An administrator asked the student about the gun and was told that it was in the truck, Kelley said.
The student has been suspended from school until the district meets with the student to determine what course of action it will take. The student eventually could be expelled from school, Brown said.
The district didn't send out a news release about the incident or initially post information about it on the district Web site, because school officials took care of the problem, Brown said.
"The gun was never brought into the school and no threats were made (by the student)," he said.
There is no indication the student was involved with Friday's vandalism in which several windows were damaged, Kelley said. School officials canceled school throughout the district Friday after broken windows were discovered at the high school.
Kelley said the windows weren't shot, but were damaged by some kind of projectile, possibly launched by a type of sling shot.
Officers continue to investigate Friday's vandalism at the school, he said.
Sheriff's deputies learned the gun was taken from an building along Wisconsin 11 in Cadiz Springs township last week, Chief Deputy Jeff Skatrud said.
A 16-year-old Monroe High School male student was in court Tuesday after he was taken into custody Monday for possession of a shotgun on school property.
Tuesday's court proceeding was closed to the public, because the student is a juvenile.
No charges have been filed in the case. The district attorney's office has 30 days to file charges.
Monroe Police Chief Fred Kelley said his department was notified at about 11:15 a.m. Monday that a school administrator took a 12-gauge shotgun from a student's vehicle. The gun was unloaded and was in a gun case, Kelley said.
Officers later discovered the gun was allegedly stolen from a rural Monroe residence, Kelley said.
The theft investigation has been turned over to the Green County Sheriff's Department.
"There was no threats made, and the gun wasn't being brandished around," Kelley said.
School officials confiscated the gun by the time police were called to the High School. The juvenile was taken to a juvenile detention center in Rock County, he said.
Monroe Superintendent Larry Brown said two students either were told about the gun or saw it in the vehicle and reported it to the high school office.
An administrator asked the student about the gun and was told that it was in the truck, Kelley said.
The student has been suspended from school until the district meets with the student to determine what course of action it will take. The student eventually could be expelled from school, Brown said.
The district didn't send out a news release about the incident or initially post information about it on the district Web site, because school officials took care of the problem, Brown said.
"The gun was never brought into the school and no threats were made (by the student)," he said.
There is no indication the student was involved with Friday's vandalism in which several windows were damaged, Kelley said. School officials canceled school throughout the district Friday after broken windows were discovered at the high school.
Kelley said the windows weren't shot, but were damaged by some kind of projectile, possibly launched by a type of sling shot.
Officers continue to investigate Friday's vandalism at the school, he said.