SWANSEA, Mass. (WPRI) — After police received an anonymous tip Monday night that a second-grade student may have brought a gun to school last week, police said the student’s parents initially denied having any firearms in their home, Target 12 has learned.
Earlier this week, Swansea police charged Christopher Spangler, 51 and Heather Spangler, 43, with multiple firearm related violations, plus two counts of reckless endangerment of a child. They are scheduled to be arraigned in Fall River District Court later this month.
According to a police report obtained by Target 12, the principal at Mark G. Hoyle Elementary School did not inform the school resource officer or police about the incident right away. The police were later informed when they received an anonymous tip…