COON RAPIDS, Minn. — One of the men charged after an incident outside of last year's Coon Rapids High School Homecoming football game pleaded guilty Tuesday to possessing a dangerous weapon on school property.
Josiah Wesseh, Jr., 20, was charged in October of 2022 after a district staff member turned away a group of adult and juvenile males not affiliated with Coon Rapids High School. According to court documents, police were escorting them from the school grounds when a witness reported seeing a member of the group carrying a gun.
Officers recovered three guns from a vehicle in the parking lot that belonged to the group, and as the individuals were attempting to leave in another vehicle, they were stopped by officers who found a fourth weapon inside that vehicle. None of the weapons were fired during the incident.
Wesseh is scheduled to be sentenced on Jan. 31, 2024.
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