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Brewster student facing gun charge released
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Brewster student facing gun charge released from jail
By TERRY CORCORAN
THE JOURNAL NEWS
(Original publication: June 15, 2002)
SOUTHEAST - An 18-year-old Brewster High School senior who was arrested on a misdemeanor weapons charge in April after bringing an AK-47 rifle onto school grounds has been released from jail, his attorney said.
Christopher Boujon of 15 Center St., Brewster, was released from the Putnam County jail last week after a psychological exam at Putnam Hospital Center showed he was not a danger to himself or anyone else, Carmel attorney William Sayegh said.
"He is undergoing outpatient treatment at the hospital and is being monitored by the court," Sayegh said.
Boujon, a member of the high school's Junior ROTC program, had hoped to enlist in the military after high school. He was arrested April 25 on one count of fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon. Although he will not be allowed to graduate with his class, he will receive a diploma and should be able to enlist in the military, Sayegh said.
The charge against Boujon is pending in Southeast Town Court before Justice James Borkowski. Sayegh said he hopes to get the matter adjudicated in the coming weeks. Sayegh declined to let his client comment.
Sheriff's deputies arrested Boujon for allegedly bringing the rifle and 95 rounds of ammunition onto school grounds. The gun and ammunition, which Boujon bought and possessed legally, were locked and hidden in the trunk of his Saturn sedan. Sayegh said Boujon kept them in his car because his mother did not want them in the house he shares with her and his sister.
Deputies William Meyer and Frank Christian, school resource officers, received a tip that the rifle was in Boujon's car. The deputies pulled Boujon out of class, got his permission to search the car and found the rifle and ammunition in his locked trunk, police said.
Taking no chances, school officials sent the district's roughly 3,500 students home immediately and began searching the high school at 50 Foggintown Road. No weapons were found inside the building.
Boujon was arrested that afternoon and arraigned before Borkowski, who set bail at $50,000 and issued an order preventing Boujon from entering Brewster school district grounds. That order is still in effect. Unable to post bail, Boujon remained in jail for more than a month.
Schools Superintendent Mark Lewis said yesterday he was pleased to hear that the Boujon matter was being cleared up and that Boujon would be able to move on with his life.
"I think he is a young man who made a bad decision, and he paid the price for that. Hopefully, it doesn't have a lasting effect on him, and I hope he learned something from it," Lewis said. "No one wants to see this follow him the rest of his life. I like Chris. I think he's a fine young man, and I wish him nothing but the best." http://www.thejournalnews.com/newsroom/061502/15boujon.html
"If cowardly and dishonorable men sometimes shoot unarmed men with army pistols or guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary and gallows, and not by a general deprivation of a constitutional privilege." - Arkansas Supreme Court, 1878
By TERRY CORCORAN
THE JOURNAL NEWS
(Original publication: June 15, 2002)
SOUTHEAST - An 18-year-old Brewster High School senior who was arrested on a misdemeanor weapons charge in April after bringing an AK-47 rifle onto school grounds has been released from jail, his attorney said.
Christopher Boujon of 15 Center St., Brewster, was released from the Putnam County jail last week after a psychological exam at Putnam Hospital Center showed he was not a danger to himself or anyone else, Carmel attorney William Sayegh said.
"He is undergoing outpatient treatment at the hospital and is being monitored by the court," Sayegh said.
Boujon, a member of the high school's Junior ROTC program, had hoped to enlist in the military after high school. He was arrested April 25 on one count of fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon. Although he will not be allowed to graduate with his class, he will receive a diploma and should be able to enlist in the military, Sayegh said.
The charge against Boujon is pending in Southeast Town Court before Justice James Borkowski. Sayegh said he hopes to get the matter adjudicated in the coming weeks. Sayegh declined to let his client comment.
Sheriff's deputies arrested Boujon for allegedly bringing the rifle and 95 rounds of ammunition onto school grounds. The gun and ammunition, which Boujon bought and possessed legally, were locked and hidden in the trunk of his Saturn sedan. Sayegh said Boujon kept them in his car because his mother did not want them in the house he shares with her and his sister.
Deputies William Meyer and Frank Christian, school resource officers, received a tip that the rifle was in Boujon's car. The deputies pulled Boujon out of class, got his permission to search the car and found the rifle and ammunition in his locked trunk, police said.
Taking no chances, school officials sent the district's roughly 3,500 students home immediately and began searching the high school at 50 Foggintown Road. No weapons were found inside the building.
Boujon was arrested that afternoon and arraigned before Borkowski, who set bail at $50,000 and issued an order preventing Boujon from entering Brewster school district grounds. That order is still in effect. Unable to post bail, Boujon remained in jail for more than a month.
Schools Superintendent Mark Lewis said yesterday he was pleased to hear that the Boujon matter was being cleared up and that Boujon would be able to move on with his life.
"I think he is a young man who made a bad decision, and he paid the price for that. Hopefully, it doesn't have a lasting effect on him, and I hope he learned something from it," Lewis said. "No one wants to see this follow him the rest of his life. I like Chris. I think he's a fine young man, and I wish him nothing but the best." http://www.thejournalnews.com/newsroom/061502/15boujon.html
"If cowardly and dishonorable men sometimes shoot unarmed men with army pistols or guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary and gallows, and not by a general deprivation of a constitutional privilege." - Arkansas Supreme Court, 1878