Student Robbed At Knifepoint By Classmates In Bowie HS Bathroom: Police

BOWIE, MD — A student reported being robbed while in the bathroom at Bowie High School on Thursday afternoon.

The student told the Bowie Police Department's school resource officer that around 12:30 p.m., two students approached the victim. One had a knife and demanded he give them his cell phone. They then used it to transfer funds, according to Bowie police.

The school resource officer and responding Bowie officers quickly took one student into custody and identified the second one. The police department's investigation into the robbery led them to remove the second student from campus.

All three individuals involved in the incident are Bowie High School students. The police department said the student who was arrested will be charged as an adult. Investigators said the student robbery isn't connected to the one that happened Oct. 8 near campus.

Anyone with information about the incident is asked to contact the Bowie Police Department at 240-544-5700.