North Brunswick High School locked down, re-opened

LELAND—North Brunswick High School returned to normal Monday morning after the school was locked down for about one hour.

Two suspects were arrested and charged with trespassing.

Lt. Roger Harrington of the Brunswick County Sheriff’s Office said a report came in someone at the school had a weapon.

About a half hour after the school was locked down, sheriff’s deputies stopped two suspects near Trinity Drive in Leland.

Christopher Bell, 28, and Jacquelyn Eleise Mitchell, 43, both of Bell Way, Leland, were charged with second-degree trespassing.

No weapon was recovered from the suspects’ vehicle, Harrington said.

Both suspects were being held at the Brunswick County Detention Center on a $500 secured bond.

Harrington said if a suspicious person or a report of a weapon is reported on a school campus, the school is locked down.