Saline Middle School vandals caught on camera, turned over to police
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The two vandals who put paint on the door and walls of the main entryway and broke another window at Saline Middle School last night have been caught, according to the school’s principal.
Saline Middle School was hit by vandals Sunday night but everything was cleaned up before school started Monday.
Saline Middle School principal David Raft said two juveniles have been turned over to the Saline Police Department after they were identified on motion-activated security cameras.
He said between the damage done to the school and the time it took maintenance personnel to clean up, the vandals had caused about $500 worth of damage to the school.
“There’s motion-sensor cameras on the building and they walked right into it,” Raft said.
Saline police Sgt. Jay Basso said police do have two suspects right now, but could not confirm that they were in custody. He said police could not release more information because the case is still open.
A Saline Police Department report stated the incident occurred between 9 p.m. Sunday and 6:15 a.m. Monday. The report stated paint had been sprayed on the door and wall of the east entrance to the school, two small pine trees were uprooted and placed in front of the doors and a large tan planter containing a yellow mum plant was overturned. Parts of the mum plant were stuck into the door handles, the report stated.
Raft said the vandals used a paintball grenade launcher to shoot paint onto the building. The paint was not overly difficult to remove and was gone by the time classes began Monday morning.
The vandals also threw a brick through a door window in the south entrance to the building, according to the report. Raft said a new window had been put into the door by 10 a.m. Monday.
“I don’t think anyone could tell (there had been an incident),” Raft said. “Our grounds guys did an outstanding job and our lead custodian was amazing, he got right on it.”
Kyle Feldscher covers cops and courts for AnnArbor.com. He can be reached at kylefeldscher@annarbor.com or you can follow him on Twitter.
Comments
johnny
Sat, Oct 22, 2011 : 8:40 p.m.
a little jail time? you people are so ridiculous. having these kids go through the court system is not a punishment for the kids...it will be a punishment for the parents. They will have to pay 1000 dollars in lawyer fees ...on top of another thousand for court fees. You think kids have that kind of money? no. So why are we always punishing the parents. Lets TEACH the kids something and try to understand why they did what they did. Have them do some cleaning of their own and see what its like. Cops should be doing actual police things not chasing around a bunch of kids. You think teaching kids a lesson should be coming out of your taxpayer dollars? Get a life and get over yourselves. These are KIDS, lets teach them and not punish parents
Fat Bill
Tue, Oct 18, 2011 : 10:42 p.m.
Saline remains one of the finest communities to raise a family in the entire area. Decent schools with heavy community involvement, a responsive city goverment focused on providing essential services in a balanced manner, and relatively little criminal activity in comparison to other small cities in the area. The vast majority of kids I know in Saline will be heading for a bright future...
mlivesaline
Tue, Oct 18, 2011 : 3:15 p.m.
What does "Kids will be kids, right Saline Parents" inferring? Yet another attack on Saline I suspect. Sadly there is vandalism everywhere and it appears that we may have caught our vandals and are running the process through to completion as every community does. Not sure why this story warrants an attack on Saline. But it feels as though it's very popular lately to attack Saline. That's cool, go ahead, hope you feel good about it. It won't change what a great place Saline is. Those who criticize us should move to Saline. The people are nicer the air really is cleaner.
jen
Tue, Oct 18, 2011 : 5:36 p.m.
AMEN to that!!! I LOVE LIVING HERE AND THE PEOPLE HERE!!!!
jen
Tue, Oct 18, 2011 : 12:54 p.m.
I don't know why everyone is talking about "SALINE", every community has its issues, Saline is a wonderful community and has wonderful schools...but that does not mean Saline is PERFECT...like EVERY WHERE else Saline has issues. And it does not mean the kids parents are not good parents, i had wonderful parents, but still got into trouble, like most other kids do in their lives. A parent can not watch their child 24-7...
Joe_Citizen
Tue, Oct 18, 2011 : 8:35 a.m.
More useless teen violence from saline.
clownfish
Tue, Oct 18, 2011 : 12:42 p.m.
"violence"?
denise1inaa
Tue, Oct 18, 2011 : 5:34 a.m.
Our "kids" need to be watched. My concern is that teens are accountable for much of the low level crime in the areas. It is likely due to lack of jobs. I want to know about the teenagers arrested for the beating of the Scio Church Swans, the police will NOT release names of the perps.
Macabre Sunset
Tue, Oct 18, 2011 : 8:34 a.m.
Lack of parenting, not lack of jobs.
Loves2Cook
Tue, Oct 18, 2011 : 3:27 a.m.
Even though the article doesn't state the vandals were from Saline, this town and/or it's residents are making it into the news a lot lately, and not in a good way. What the heck is going on there?
djacks24
Tue, Oct 18, 2011 : 2:50 a.m.
Kids will be kids, right Saline parents...?
FredMax
Tue, Oct 18, 2011 : 3:42 a.m.
While you were worrying about Saline, probably you didn't notice the three adjacent articles concerning your EMU neighborhood: 1) a shooting 2) a stabbing 3) a deadley assault with a vehicle
gavin
Tue, Oct 18, 2011 : 2:15 a.m.
good you cant go been vandalizing stuff
treetowncartel
Tue, Oct 18, 2011 : 1:48 a.m.
If only they had attended charter schools.....
cinnabar7071
Tue, Oct 18, 2011 : 12:19 a.m.
I bet these 2 are the only inmates not looking foward to getting out of jail. I know I wouldnt be looking foward to my parents picking me up had I done this.
chance
Fri, Jan 18, 2013 : 7:31 p.m.
i did go to jail for it it was fun! like daycare! with great food and i recomend it!!
chance
Fri, Jan 18, 2013 : 7:30 p.m.
screw you guys! i was one of those kids. FRAMED!!!
RJA
Mon, Oct 17, 2011 : 11:32 p.m.
Go get-em Saline Police, good job! Mr. Raft is proud of his grounds guys and the lead custodian. These vandals should pay double the amount it cost the school for repairs. (and spend some time in jail)
Mr. Ed
Mon, Oct 17, 2011 : 11:24 p.m.
Saline is making the news a lot.
kulse012
Mon, Oct 17, 2011 : 10:13 p.m.
Good. Vandalism is such a pointless crime that just wastes resources both human and capital. I'd like to see full resituition, community service celaning up vandalism and maybe even a little jail time, even if it's for just a few hours. I'd bet they'd learn a lot.
tommy_t
Mon, Oct 17, 2011 : 9:32 p.m.
They might still have a life to go to - they didn't burn down an old barn.
a2baggagehandler
Mon, Oct 17, 2011 : 9:22 p.m.
I wish AA.com had such detailed reporting on stories of substance.