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Student teacher with gun gets probation
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Published: February 3, 2010
A student teacher who brought a gun to Nebo Elementary in November has avoided active prison time.
Joseph Howard Vallance, 36, of Beck Street in Marion was originally charged with felony possession of a gun on school property. He recently pleaded no contest in McDowell County District Court to the lesser misdemeanor offense of carrying a concealed weapon.
In a no contest plea, the defendant does not refute the charges, but also does not claim guilt.
Judge Laura Powell handed Vallance a 30-day suspended sentence and placed him on unsupervised probation for 12 months. He was ordered to pay court costs and restitution of $225 for a court-appointed attorney. The weapon must be destroyed.
Lt. Lynn Greene of the McDowell County Sheriff's Office previously stated that officers received word around 10 a.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009 of possible threats made by Vallance in reference to a firearm.
They went to Nebo Elementary, where he had been serving as a student teacher for three months, and "isolated" Vallance from the staff and students.
They searched the suspect's vehicle and retrieved a .40-caliber handgun, according to the lieutenant.
Nebo's principal and school officials were notified immediately.
Greene said at the time of the arrest he could not elaborate on the reported threats made by Vallance. Court records do not provide details either.
Vallance was student teaching through Lees-McRae College.
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