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An Indiana mom was charged with a felony after she allegedly introduced a gun to her daughter’s elementary college and threatened her baby’s trainer, in response to court docket information seen by PEOPLE.
On Friday, April 11, Carrie Rivers, 48, was charged with possession of a firearm on college property and harassment in connection to an incident at Valley Mills Elementary College in Indianapolis.
On Wednesday, April 9, Decatur Township College Police Division officers responded to a name that an “irate mother or father” was on campus, per NBC Information. Upon arrival, the officers noticed that Rivers had one thing that resembled a firearm in her waistband.
Rivers allegedly threatened her daughter’s sixth-grade trainer over “a piece project that needed to do with same-sexuality relationships,” in response to an affidavit, per NBC Information. The trainer, who has a photograph of her spouse and daughter on her desk, instructed authorities she “gave an project to the entire class with the subject material of flags,” one in all which was the rainbow pleasure flag.
Rivers accused the trainer of “making an attempt to push her private agenda in regard to sexuality on her daughter,” the affidavit mentioned. Nonetheless, the trainer mentioned she allowed the scholar to skip the project.
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“Carrie Rivers acknowledged that she did have a gun as I used to be eradicating it from her particular person,” police officer Tabetha Emenaker wrote within the affidavit, per NBC Information. “I suggested Carrie Rivers on the legislation in regard to having a firearm on college premises and that it was an arrestable offense. She understood and acknowledged that she did not even notice that she had it on as a result of she is so used to sporting it and has been on college property with it earlier than.”
Rivers then mentioned she was taking her daughter out of Valley Mills Elementary. She additionally known as the trainer a lesbian slur, police mentioned.
Authorities let Rivers go, however the mom allegedly despatched the trainer threatening messages 25 minutes later that included “God will condemn you to hell,” per the affidavit reviewed by NBC Information.
“Say ur prayers and kiss ur youngsters goodbye and goodnight u by no means know when god says its (sic) our time so be ready,” Rivers allegedly wrote. In one other message, she alleged the trainer is a toddler predator who tells “treasured harmless youngsters that it is okay to be in identical intercourse relationships.”
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“No threats had been made towards college students or workers at the moment. The police suspected that the mother or father had possession of a hid handgun on her particular person and escorted her out of the constructing. At that time, they took possession of the weapon from the mother or father with out incident outdoors the college. The mother or father acknowledged that she forgot to take away the handgun earlier than arriving on college property,” the district mentioned in an announcement, per WTHR.
The assertion additionally famous that after conscious of “harassing and threatening messages,” an arrest warrant was issued, and Rivers shouldn’t be permitted on campus once more.
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Rivers’ husband, Leon Rivers, instructed NBC Information his spouse meant no hurt and he or she carries a firearm as “safety round on a regular basis” and “forgot to go away it” behind when she rushed into college.
“We see [other parents] carry weapons into the college on a regular basis, simply to drop youngsters off,” Leon Rivers instructed the outlet. “I imply, , simply coming and dropping the youngsters off and strolling again out, like, for 3 seconds. They park within the entrance, drop the child off, stroll them in and stroll proper again out.”
Representatives for the Decatur Township College Police Division and the Valley Mills Elementary College didn’t instantly reply to PEOPLE’s request for extra data on Tuesday.
