Two students arrested in Edison School district this week Both charged with weapons possession, one with false public alarm BY TOM CAIAZZA Staff Writer EDISON - Two students were arrested in separate incidents this week resulting in charges of weapons possession on school grounds, and in one case causing a false public alarm, according to police. Saul D. Jimenez, 18, was arrested at 11:05 a.m. on Friday after a teacher allegedly heard him yell, "He has a gun" in a hallway of Edison High School. Lt. Joseph Shannon of the Edison Police Department said that Jimenez, a junior, was found to be in possession of a box cutter when arrested at the high school. On Wednesday, April 18, a 16-year-old male juvenile student was arrested outside Benjamin Franklin School allegedly shooting a pellet gun away from the rear of the building, according to police. The incident took place after school hours but Shannon said some students were still in the building and noticed the boy with the pellet gun. The gun was retrieved by Emil Ferlicchi, a faculty member at Benjamin Franklin School. According to Superintendent of Schools Carol Toth, students at Edison High School had their backpacks searched Thursday after rumors began spreading of a possible incident similar to the situation at Virginia Tech on April 16. According to a press release from police, those rumors continued Thursday night with reports of instant messages of vague warnings of a possible incident at an Edison school for Friday, April 20. Toth and Shannon said that the district and police department are investigating all rumors. A letter was sent home to parents on Thursday from Steve Preville, principal of Benjamin Franklin School, regarding Wednesday's incident.