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Teen charged with possession of gun on Eastern Wayne High School campus

A teenager has been arrested in connection with an incident that resulted in the temporary lockdown of Eastern Wayne High School on Wednesday.

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GOLDSBORO, N.C. — A teenager has been arrested in connection with an incident that resulted in the temporary lockdown of Eastern Wayne High School on Wednesday.

According to the Wayne County Sheriff’s Office, Darius Jermaine White, 17, was involved in an altercation with several people about one block away from the school and ran onto the campus.

White was quickly apprehended by a school resource officer after the school was placed on lockdown.

White, of 315 Randall Lane, was charged with possession of a gun on school campus, simple possession of a schedule IV drug, possession of drug paraphernalia and second-degree trespassing.

He was being held under $7,000 secure bond.

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