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Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Police Arrest Man Who Brought BB Gun to Two Hopkins Schools

Peter Anatoli Clarke, of Minnetonka, said he carried the gun to the Main Street School of Performing Arts and the Off Campus Pavilion Alternative Program for protection.

Police arrested an 18-year-old man after he brought a BB gun to the Off Campus Pavilion Alternative Program and the Main Street School of Performing Arts, according to court documents released Wednesday. Prosecutors have charged Peter Anatoli Clarke, of Minnetonka, with displaying a BB gun on school property and possessing a BB gun on school property. Hopkins officers went to the Pavilion on Monday following a report of a male with a gun, Detective Raymond Laudenbach wrote in the charging documents. Two students told police they heard Clarke say he was going harm a student. As he said this, one of the students saw him lift his shirt to display what appeared to be a handgun in his waistband. She “promptly advised a school employee of the …

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