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Police arrest man with knife and drugs on Terrace Middle School grounds
LAKEPORT, Calif. – Police arrested a Lakeport man on Friday morning after an officer found him on the Terrace Middle School grounds without a reason to be there and in possession of a knife and drugs.
The Lakeport Police Department said Michael Richard King, 34, was arrested on Friday morning.
At 10 a.m. Friday, police said Lakeport Police School Resource Officer Ryan Cooley observed an adult male subject on the Terrace Middle School campus who appeared to have a folding knife hanging from the front of his beltline.
Cooley made contact with the male subject, who police identified as King, to check the status of the knife and the subject’s authorization for being on campus.
During further investigation, the police department said Officer Cooley determined that King was illegally in possession of a knife on campus and had no authorization, nor legitimate purpose, for being there.
Police said King subsequently was arrested for felony possession of a weapon on school grounds and misdemeanors for possession of suspected methamphetamine, possession of approximately half a pound of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia.
King was booked into the Lake County Jail on the charges and remained in custody late Friday on $15,000 bail.
His booking records show he is set to be arraigned in Lake County Superior Court on Monday.