FRANKLIN COUNTY, Va. (WDBJ) – A father was arrested after a gun was found in his child’s backpack at a private daycare center Monday, October 13, according to the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office.
Daycare staff contacted the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office at 8:30 a.m. after discovering a firearm inside of child’s backpack.
It was determined that the child’s father placed the firearm in the backpack earlier that morning as a method to carry the firearm to his vehicle and failed to remove it before the child was dropped off at the daycare, according to deputies. Deputies say the child did not intentionally bring the firearm to the facility…