A North Platte Community College Student was arrested after police say he was “playing” with a firearm on the college’s North Campus.

On March 5, at 1205 PM, the North Platte Police Department received an anonymous tip about a subject with a firearm on  Mid-Plains Community College property located in the 1100 block of Halligan Drive.

The tip further detailed that 19-year-old Robert Battreall had been “playing” with the firearm in the past and had pointed it at other students, but that the firearm was now stored in his vehicle.

Battreall and his vehicle were not located at that time. Officers worked with school staff, and on March 6, at 910 AM, the vehicle was located at the school and officers responded. A firearm was located in plain sight in the vehicle and seized.

Battreall was arrested for possession of a firearm on school property, a class IV felony, and lodged at the LCSO jail.