A 13-year-old student at Benjamin Stoddert Middle School was found with a loaded handgun in their lunchbox on Wednesday afternoon, prompting an immediate investigation by school officials and police.

Benjamin Stoddert Middle School is a public school and had 925 students enrolled in the 2022-23 academic year. It is in Waldorf, Maryland, a city with 81,410 residents as of the 2020 census.

Officials said the two Benjamin Stoddert Middle School students were accused of having the substance after a school administrator allegedly caught a strong odor of cannabis coming from a locker ...

A 14-year-old student from Benjamin Stoddert Middle School in Waldorf, Md. now faces disciplinary consequences after allegedly bringing a knife to school.

School administrators at Benjamin Stoddert Middle School were told about 12:40 p.m. that a student had a gun, the Charles County Sheriff’s Office said.