Man with replica gun prompts school lockdown in O'Neals

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Wednesday, Mar. 20, 2013 | 10:52 AM Modified Wed, Mar 20, 2013 10:57 PM

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An 18-year-old Coarsegold man was arrested Tuesday after brandishing a replica handgun at a school bus stop as he rode past in a car, prompting the lockdown of a campus, the Madera County Sheriff's Department said Wednesday.

Deputies stopped the vehicle near Spring Valley Elementary School on Road 200 in O'Neals where they arrested the man about 4 p.m., the Sheriff's Department said. The school was on lockdown during the incident.

The man was booked into the Madera County Department of Corrections. His bail was set at $5,000.

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