LEBANON – Authorities in Lebanon responded to a disturbance in front of the Lebanon Intermediate School in the 300 block of North 8th Street yesterday around 7:50 a.m. 32-year-old Jose Padilla-Santiago arrived at the school brandishing a knife and a taser while yelling at school officials who were present outside as students were entering the building. No students were harmed. As school officials were trying to de-escalate the scene, a Lebanon School Police Officer engaged Padilla-Santiago preventing him from advancing towards students or staff. Lebanon City Police took him into custody. He was charged with aggravated assault, terroristic threats, possession of weapons on school property, possession of an instrument of a crime, and prohibitive offensive weapons.
JOSE PADILLA-SANTIAGO