15-year-old arrested for bringing a handgun to school

Sabine Parish Sheriff Aaron Mitchell reports a 15-year-old student at Florien school was arrested for bringing a handgun to the school campus on Thursday evening, January 18, 2024. Florien schoolteacher Stacey Renee Chesher (age-51) of Leesville was also arrested for her involvement in the case. Chesher has been a teacher in Sabine Parish for the past six years. Sabine Parish began the investigation after a video of the student with the gun was posted on social media showing a student with a handgun in a holster in his waistband in the parking lot of Florien school. The next day, on Friday, Chesher found out the student had a gun at school and there was a video of it on social media. Chesher agedly pressured students to delete the video of the student with the gun and she did not report the incident to school officials or local law enforcement. The 15-year-old was charged with Carrying a firearm by a student on school property, at school-sponsored functions, or in a firearm-free zone and Illegal possession of a handgun by a juvenile. Chesher was booked into the Sabine Parish Women's Jail for Obstruction of justice.