Surprise found in book bag
By Debbie Lowe Staff writer

The Delphi Police Department responded to a report of a sharp object brought to Hillcrest Elementary Monday by a student. The student told authorities he was not aware the object was in his backpack until the early afternoon. When he discovered it, he showed it to an adult.

School officials reported the object to police as dictated by state statute.

"We were following the letter of the law," corporation superintendent Ralph Walker told the Comet on Tuesday.

According to the police report, the object resembled a letter opener and was approximately seven inches in length. However, the identity of the object remains a mystery.

"I don't know what it was," principal Bill Shidler said. "But I know it shouldn't have been at school."

Shidler said there was no malicious intent by the student who was not detained by police and later released to his parent.