APPLETON, WI (WTAQ) – Bond was set Monday for two of the three people tied to a Thursday incident where guns were reportedly brought onto the grounds of Appleton East High School.
Cash bond was set at $20,000 for 21-year-old Blong Vang and $15,000 for 17-year-old Tou Thao.
The third suspect is a 16-year-old and faces charges in juvenile court. The minor was not in court Monday.
At the end of the school day, a school officer noticed two people in the building who did appear to be students.
Upon determining Thao and the 16-year-old did not belong in the building, the officer went to the parking lot where he found a vehicle that was not registered with the school.
Inside the vehicle was Vang and reportedly two handguns, one of which was loaded.
According to the criminal complaint, the three were at the school to seek retaliation against a student who had been bullying Vang’s girlfirend, who does go to Appleton East.
She reportedly asked Vang and his friends to do something about the matter.
No weapons were brought into the school building.
The suspects told officers they had no intentions on hurting anyone.
Officers believe the three people have gang ties due to red bandanas Vang and Thao were wearing at the time of the incident.
Vang and Thao are both charged with conspiring to commit child abuse while Vang also faces felony charges of Possession of a Firearm on School Grounds and Bail Jumping.
