Greensboro police arrested a man who brought hundreds of rounds of ammunition and several guns onto North Carolina A&T State University’s campus.
Brandon Bentley, 27, was arrested after making threats to law enforcement and chasing unarmed security guards on the campus on March 26. GPD reports that he was also violent.
During the arrest, GPD discovered two handguns, two shotguns, one rifle, a crossbow, a machete, a stun gun, hatchets, knives, choking devices, pepper spray, a blowdart weapon, brass knuckles, “claws,” a sword, holy water and other weapons in Bentley’s possession.
Bentley was charged with multiple weapons offenses, including having a gun on educational property, having an explosive device on educational property, reckless driving, possessing a weapon on the educational property (not a gun), driving with a revoked license and carrying a concealed gun. His bond was raised to $100,000 and a condition of his release was that he could not go on any educational property whatsoever.
North Carolina A&T State University released the following statement:
“On March 26 at approximately 4 a.m., Brandon James Bentley was arrested on the North Carolina A&T State University campus after being encountered driving unsafely in the area of Sullivan Street and Benbow Road.
After campus law enforcement discovered weapons in the vehicle, Bentley was immediately arrested, and the weapons confiscated. Because of the quick and decisive action of law enforcement, a campus alert was not issued, as the suspect no longer constituted an ongoing threat to campus safety. The FBI, State Bureau of Investigation, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms and Greensboro Police Department are in charge of an ongoing joint investigation into this incident. Bentley, who has no affiliation with A&T, has been banned from the North Carolina A&T campus.
The University remains committed to safety and security of our campus and will continue to use the emergency alert system in instances where threats are ongoing.”
