MIAMI — A television reporter investigating a story on school violence was arrested after carrying a loaded gun onto school property, authorities said.
Jeffrey Weinsier of WPLG-TV, an ABC network affiliate, was taken into custody Tuesday at Miami Central High School after ignoring several warnings not to walk on school property, Miami-Dade schools police said.
“Kindly go across the street now,” an officer is shown telling Weinsier during the videotaped encounter.
“I’m not,” Weinsier replied. The officer then handcuffed him.
Weinsier, 40, was charged with possession of a firearm on school grounds, trespassing on school property with a weapon and resisting officers without violence.
Weinsier began carrying a gun after he received death threats stemming from a series he did about unsanitary conditions at restaurants, according to the station.
“At this point, Channel 10 is still reviewing the circumstances surrounding today’s arrest,” said station official Dave Boylan.
Weinsier has a concealed-weapons permit, but state law prohibits anyone from being armed at schools, police Detective Ed Torrens said.
