Bowling Green parent charged with bringing gun on to school property

BOWLING GREEN, Ky.- A Bowling Green man is behind bars after police said he had a gun in his possession at an area school.

Matthew Hayden, 31, is charged with unlawful possession of a weapon on school property.

The incident happened Tuesday at the Saint Joseph School.

According to Bowling Green police, Hayden was observed with the handgun on his side when he dropped off his child in the morning and when he went to pick up the child that afternoon.

Police said the principal of the school had previously advised Hayden not to carry weapons on to school property.

Hayden is lodged in the Warren County Regional Jail.