Gwinnett crime roundup: Student accused of selling pot at local school

The Gwinnett crime roundup is a regular look at crime of note in the county. Information is gleaned from arrest warrants, police incident reports and jail records. It consists of allegations only.

Selling pot at school

On April 22, Gwinnett County Public Schools police issued an arrest warrant charging a 17-year-old Brookwood High School student with possession of marijuana with the intent to distribute. The male student allegedly had just over seven ounces of the drug and a digital scale in his bookbag.

He was also charged with the more specific offense of possession of marijuana with the intent to distribute at a school. Both charges are felonies.

Possession of child pornography

On April 22, Gwinnett County police issued an arrest warrant charging a 25-year-old Lawrenceville man with possession of child pornography. The man is accused of having “material which depicts a minor or a portion of a minor’s body engaged in sexually explicit conduct” on his tablet.

The videos and images were allegedly kept “inside a secure password protected application.”

Hit and run, with an ID left behind

On April 21, Gwinnett County police issued an arrest warrant charging a 21-year-old North Carolina man with hit and run, a misdemeanor. Warrants allege that, just after midnight on April 2, the man hit a woman’s car on Peacthree Corners Circle and ran away.

He was identified after leaving his driver’s license in his abandoned vehicle, police said.

Stealing from a gun range

On April 20, Gwinnett County police issued an arrest warrant charging a 23-year-old Norcross man with felony theft by shoplifting. He allegedly stole a handgun – a Smith & Wesson 60LS, to be exact – from the Norcross Gun Club and Range on Peachtree Industrial Boulevard.