ELYRIA — A 12-year-old McKinley School student is facing Juvenile Court charges of carrying a concealed weapon after he took a knife to school yesterday, according to a police report.

Police were contacted a little before 10 a.m. after a teacher heard that he had shown the knife to other students.

Police recovered a 3-inch Winchester brand knife.

The student told police he had not told anyone about the knife and had kept it in a folder. He said he brought it to school because he was going to use it to take stickers off his bike.

He admitted, however, that he hid it in some bushes outside the school when he found out other students had told on him.

After being charged, the student was released to his mother.