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Man arrested after entering Johnston Co. school wearing tactical vest, gun and fake badge

Johnston County Sheriff's Office

A Johnston County man was arrested Friday morning after allegedly entering an elementary school while armed, wearing tactical gear and impersonating a law enforcement officer.

Nathan James Bailey, 34, of Raleigh, entered the campus of Dixon Road Elementary School at approximately 9:09 a.m. wearing a tactical raid vest that held a handgun and a badge that read “private investigator,” the Johnston County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release Friday.

Bailey, who has a child attending the school, was recognized as a parent by school staff as he passed through the school’s weapons detection system. He was ordered by staff to leave the building with his firearm.

Authorities didn’t disclose Bailey’s motive.