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Autoclear X-Ray Security Scanner leads to a student being arrested in Wilkes-Barre

PLAINS TWP. — A 17-year-old boy was arrested for bringing a concealed, loaded handgun to the Wilkes-Barre Area Career and Technical Center Wednesday morning.

Security found the gun around 8:15 a.m. in a backpack after the student went through a metal detector by the school’s entrance, the detector beeped and the backpack went through an X-ray scanner, Administrative Director Anthony C. Guariglia said. All students go through the metal detector when entering the school, he said.

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