A 46-year-old Delaware man was arrested at an elementary school parking lot in Westfield on Thursday after being found in his SUV with a loaded gun and extra ammunition, officers mentioned.
Westfield police realized the man, recognized as Thomas J. Wilkie, was on the Tamaques School after getting a tip from New Castle County cops in Delaware simply earlier than 4 p.m., the Union County Prosecutor’s Office mentioned. Officers took Wilkie into custody and searched the school, which was positioned below lockdown with after school actions happening.
Wilkie was holding a 45-caliber handgun loaded with hollow-point bullets, authorities mentioned. He additionally had two extra loaded magazines of ammunition in his possession whereas 130 extra rounds had been in the car’s trunk.
The Bear, Delaware, resident was charged with illegal possession of a weapon, possession of hollow-point bullets, and trespassing on school grounds, the Union County Prosecutor’s Office mentioned. Authorities in Delaware had been making an attempt to find Wilkie.
Wilkie, who’s being held on the Union County Jail, is scheduled to look in Superior Court in Elizabeth on Wednesday.
A spokesman for the prosecutor’s workplace declined to supply extra data on why a man from Delaware was at a school in Union County. Westfield school officers couldn’t instantly be reached for remark.