Broward elementary teacher arrested after bringing stun gun to school

Nia Natalie Robinson, a 27-year-old teacher at Liberty Elementary School in Margate, was arrested Sunday after she brought a stun gun onto the campus on April 17 and showed it to two other employees. Broward County Public Schools no longer employs Robinson.

Robinson wrote a statement saying she had forgotten the stun gun was on school grounds and was discussing self-protection with the employees when she revealed it. The two coworkers gave statements that matched her account, and Robinson told police she never used the device on campus and was apologetic. A school resource officer confiscated the stun gun, and a probable cause affidavit was sent to the Broward County State Attorney’s Office.

By Monday morning, Robinson was being held at the North Broward Bureau and was expected in bond court. The charge is possession of a weapon on school grounds.

Florida law makes it a third-degree felony to willfully and knowingly possess an electric weapon or device on school property. State statute defines a stun-gun-type device as an electric weapon or device. Broward County Public Schools policy prohibits any weapon or firearm in a school facility or school-sponsored event, and anyone possessing, transmitting or using a weapon on School Board property is subject to arrest.

District policy requires faculty and staff to complete annual training on emergency policies and procedures, each school has a designated SAFE team, and site security assessments are conducted annually with school staff, district security staff and law enforcement. Liberty Elementary's school website lists it as an A-rated school, and federal data list 684 students, 36 classroom teachers and a student-teacher ratio of 19.0 to 1 for the 2024-25 school year. Federal data also show 352 students were eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.