Police: Student brandished knife
SCRANTON - City police said a classmate's challenge to fight prompted a 13-year-old Northeast Intermediate School student to pull a knife in school Thursday.
Acting police Capt. Glen Thomas said a classmate was laughing at the 13-year-old boy, then challenged him to a fight while in the school's auditorium.
The 13-year-old then pulled out a 2-inch pocketknife and said, "I'm not afraid to stab you," Capt. Thomas said. The other student then backed away.
The 13-year-old was arrested on charges of terroristic threats, disorderly conduct, reckless endangerment and possession of a weapon on school property.