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Article posted: 8/29/2012 4:53 PM

Dad arrested months after boy brings gun to Island Lake school

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Police responded Matthews Middle School in March when a student brought a loaded handgun to school. No one was hurt.

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More than five months after a Matthews Middle School student brought a loaded handgun to school, the youth's father has been arrested, Island Lake police announced Wednesday. The man was charged with obstructing a peace officer and not having a firearm owner's identification card.