WINTER PARK, Fla. – A 21-year-old Rollins College student was arrested Wednesday after a rifle and ammunition were found in his bedroom on school property, according to the Winter Park Police Department.
Constantine Demetriades was taken into custody and faces a charge of possession of a firearm on school property.
According to an arrest affidavit, the school’s assistant campus safety director told officers that Demetriades purchased ammunition online that was to be delivered to him at Rollins College. A search was then conducted on Demetriades’ unit, which had two bedrooms occupied by himself and three other students.
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According to the affidavit, the assistant campus safety director found an unloaded AR-15 rifle under the student’s bed inside an “unsecured black carrying case” with one loaded magazine and five empty magazines.
Demetriades told police he had the rife on school property because he had just returned from Thanksgiving break from New Jersey, where he said the firearms were purchased and registered legally, the affidavit reads.
The student said he traveled with his rifle to New Jersey and returned Tuesday morning for school, according to the affidavit. He told police he did not have bad intentions and that he usually stores the firearm at a friend’s home off school property.
Demetriades, a Rollins College senior in his fourth year at the school, told police he was aware weapons are not allowed on campus and that his New Jersey concealed carry permit did not apply in Florida.
Rollins College has since issued the following statement:
On Wednesday, the College received a report indicating a violation of our weapons policy. After receiving this information, we immediately initiated an investigation. We quickly identified and contacted the student, who cooperated fully with College officials and local law enforcement as we investigated the matter further. The student was arrested and is not permitted to be on campus while the College proceeds with the student conduct process.
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