Crime & Safety

Teens Arrested After Entering John Jay HS After Hours

The teenagers were charged with criminal trespassing, state police informed the Lewisboro Ledger.

A small group of John Jay High School students were arrested recently after entering the school after-hours, the Lewisboro Ledger reported.

Six male teenagers—all aged 17, four from Katonah and one from Goldens Bridge, according to the report—went into the school through an unlocked door after midnight Sat. Feb. 2. Custodians on duty saw the boys, who took off running after being spotted, state police investigators said.

State police told the Ledger nothing was broken or stolen.

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After identifying the students from school surveillance video, police contacted the teens, who turned themselves in. The students, all 17-year-old boys, were charged with third-degree criminal trespassing, a class B misdemeanor, according to the Ledger.

The group is expected in Lewisboro Town Court on March 4.

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