Student Pleads Guilty to Bringing Gun to School

A student who brought a rifle and ammunition to a school parking lot pled guilty last week in Centre County Court to one count of possession of a weapon on school property.

Cody Confer, 18, pled guilty on July 19, to the charge stemming from a March 10 incident at Centre County Christian Academy, a small private school in Spring Township. A one-day jury trial had been scheduled for July 22. One charge of making terroristic threats was withdrawn.

School administration called Spring Township Police after a parent volunteer informed them Confer had approached her a day earlier and said he had an AR-15 rifle and ‘enough ammunition to shoot up the school’ in his vehicle, according to court documents.

Spring Township Police Officer Shane Dickey and Chief Michael Danneker met with Confer, who admitted he had an AR-15 in a hard case in the trunk of his car under an airsoft gun. He told police he forgot that he had left the weapon in his car after a hunting weekend.

Confer gave police the keys to the car, which was parked in the school parking lot, and informed them where to find the weapon. Police found a Rebel Arms AR-15 rifle, a box of Wolf Gold performance .223 ammo and a box of American Eagle .223 Rem. They also found a box of Wolf Gold performance ammunition .223 lying in the trunk.

Sentencing is scheduled for Aug. 23