Former Einstein High student allegedly steals student’s belongings, insinuates having gun

Albert Einstein High School in Kensington was placed in a “hold” and then “secure” status Thursday afternoon after a former student allegedly stole belongings from a student off campus and suggested he was in possession of a gun, according to a community letter sent from the school’s principal Friday.  

Principal Mark Brown Jr. said in the letter that a student reported at roughly 1:40 p.m. that a classmate’s belongings were stolen by a former student at a park off-campus at approximately 12:30 p.m. Later, other students confronted the former student who then “gestured and commented in such a way that suggested he was in possession of a firearm.” Students also reported that the former student had left campus.  

“However, per [Montgomery County Public Schools] district protocol, we moved into a hold and secure, as a precaution,” Brown said in the letter...

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