CMS teacher charged with a felony after 2 pistols found in fanny pack at school
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- Butler High School teacher charged for having pistols at school.
- Teacher had valid permit but violated state law banning weapons at schools, police say.
- North Carolina law banning firearms will change for private schools late this year.
Police arrested and charged a Butler High School teacher on Thursday after he left his fanny pack in the school learning center with two pistols inside, arrest records show.
Another teacher spotted one of the guns in the nylon pack around 11 a.m. and notified the principal, according to the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police records.
Police charged Justin Moyer, 37, with a felony count of having a “gun/rifle/firearm” on educational property. Moyer is the advanced placement program director at the school in Matthews, police records show.
Moyer declined comment when reached by phone by The Charlotte Observer on Saturday.
Moyer has a valid concealed carry permit issued in Cabarrus County and no previous violations, according to the arrest records.
“He carries the weapons for personal protection,” the arresting CMPD officer said in Moyer’s arrest records.
A magistrate released Moyer on a written promise to appear in court, jail records show. His probable cause hearing is scheduled for Aug. 29, according to court documents.
While it remains illegal to bring a firearm onto school campuses in North Carolina, that will change on Dec. 1 for private schools. A new law passed despite Gov. Josh Stein’s veto will let private schools allow teachers, employees and volunteers to carry concealed handguns on school grounds.