Teen Sentenced to 5 Years for Bringing Loaded Gun to Virginia High School – People.com

Anthony Orion Dalton posted a Snapchat photo of a gun before deputies found the loaded weapon in his bag at Franklin County High School, officials said Published on October 25, 2025 09:00PM EDT Credit : GoogleMaps NEED TO KNOW Deputies found a loaded handgun in Anthony Orion Dalton’s bag after a Snapchat photo circulated, according to the outlets Dalton was sentenced to 9 years in prison, with 4 suspended, per the sheriff’s office “Weapons have no place in our schools,” Sheriff Bill Overton said in a statement about Dalton’s case A Virginia high school student will serve 5 years in prison for bringing a loaded handgun onto school grounds earlier this year, officials said. Anthony Orion Dalton, 17, was sentenced on October 8 to a total of 9 years in prison, with 4 years suspended, after he was found in possession of a firearm on campus in April, according to an October 9 press release from the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office. He will remain at the Roanoke Valley Juvenile Detention Center until he turns 18, at which point he will be transferred to an adult detention facility to complete his sentence, per the release. Dalton shared a photo on Snapchat
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