Replica grenade sparked Manor lockdown

MANOR, Texas (KXAN) - A replica grenade sparked an evacuation at Manor High School Thursday morning after it was spotted in the car of a man who refused to leave campus.

At 8 a.m., a school security guard noticed a man acting suspiciously, according to Manor police.

Sgt. Ryan Phipps said the man pulled up to pick up his girlfriend. When staff asked him to leave he refused and backed his black car into a parking spot in front of the high school.

Manor police were called to the school. After talking to the man, they took him into custody and searched his car. An officer spotted a grenade sitting in the console, but could not tell if it was real or fake. It was painted blue.

On Thursday afternoon, TCSO spokesman Roger Wade said the grenade was a novelty and not an explosive. Earlier in the day, Wade said it is not illegal to have a replica grenade.

However, the suspect -- identified as Jesus Delacruz Carbajal, 20 -- was charged with tampering with a governmental record, a third-degree felony, because upon investigation, officers found that he had two forms of identification with different names, including a social security card with a fictitious name.

A third-degree felony has a maximum punishment of two to 10 years in prison and up to a $10,000 fine.

Most students had not arrived on campus when the incident happened, as school starts at 8:50 a.m.

The road in front of the middle school and high school was closed and high school students were sent to the middle school.

School buses heading to the high school were re-routed to Manor Middle School. And since 80 percent of students in Manor ride the bus, Superintendent Andrew Kim said that took care of most students.

Everyone else already on campus had evacuated to the middle school. Manor High School has 1,200 students.

Travis County Sheriff's Office spokesman Roger Wade said everyone was safe but that authorities want everyone other than law enforcement officials to steer clear of the area.

District officials are preparing to give the all-clear to let everyone back on campus, and an automated phone message alert went out to parents notifying them of the situation.

The road in front of both Manor schools, Gregg Manor Road, reopened at 11 a.m.

Meanwhile, Hendrickson High and Kelly Middle school officials in Pflugerville placed the building on lockdown after receiving a suspicious phone call Thursday morning.

Pflugerville Independent School District officials issued a statement mid-morning which detailed their procedures:

"All students are being kept in their 1st period classroom until they are given the all clear.  No students are allowed into the hallways.  Additionally, all vehicles that want to enter the campus lots are being searched by Pflugerville PD.  Currently, we have a strong law enforcement presence around Murchison, Kelly Lane, and Hendrickson.  We also notified our neighboring schools so they may do similar things to ensure the safety of their students."