Taking him into custody is the only part in this story that made sense. Remove the individual, protect him and others. As a law enforcement officer, you take the call and the situation seriously. If you err, you do so on the side of public safety.
All that had to happen was have the first teacher handle this correctly, and there never would have been any issue. Take the device for safe keeping until the end of school day. Contact school administrators and let them know. Leave it in theirs hands to determine the proper way to get the device back home.
Do this, which would be absolutely the proper way of handling it, and there is no story.
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