Two Friendship Elementary School students have been accused of trashing the Deltona school’s media center, leaving behind at least $50,000 in damages, the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office said in a social media post on Monday, Sept. 15.
The sheriff’s office Facebook post said the boys, ages 12 and 13, were turned in by their mothers after images of them and video of the vandalized Deltona school’s media center were publicized on social media.
They were each charged with two counts of burglary, two counts of trespassing on school grounds, criminal mischief, and theft.
“After the video posted, we received lots of emails identifying them (thank you all!), as well as contacts from each of the defendants’ mothers,” the sheriff’s Facebook post said.
The boys confessed to the incident. Investigating deputies said the boys broke into the school during the daytime hours, then returned later in the night, Sept. 13, to look at the damage and cause more, the social media news release said.
Deputies responding to an activated fire alarm at Friendship Elementary School overnight Saturday found a shattered glass door. Inside, they discovered that the media center had been vandalized.
This article originally appeared on The Daytona Beach News-Journal: Students nabbed after trashing school media center, causing more than $50,000 in damages
Reporting by Patricio G. Balona, Daytona Beach News-Journal / The Daytona Beach News-Journal
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