A judge has issued an order preventing a Boca Raton man from purchasing or possessing guns after he was banned from the campus of Whispering Pines Elementary for making antisemitic comments and threats toward its staff at the school last month.
The man, who was arrested Thursday, Aug. 29 , on unrelated charges of burglary and voyeurism, would be a “significant danger” to himself or others if he were to be allowed to buy or possess guns, Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office detectives wrote in a petition for what is known as a risk-protection order on the same day.
Traditionally, the order would result in the man forfeiting any firearms he owned, but police did not list any known weapons in the man’s possession.
The Palm Beach Post is not identifying the man to protect the privacy of his child, who attends Whispering Pines. The man will appear in court on Tuesday, Sept. 10, where Circuit Judge Donald Hafele will determine whether to extend the temporary order banning him from owning guns by as much as a year.