Vandalism Arrests Keep 4 Stoney Creek Students From Grad Ceremony

Four Stoney Creek High School seniors were arrested during the Rochester Hills school’s graduation rehearsal last week for vandalism, according to an Oakland Press report.

»Via The Oakland Press

The teens—an 18-year-old man, an 18-year-old woman and two 17-year-old boys—are accused of vandalising their high school’s entrance, causing about $2,000 worth of damage, the report stated. Phalluses and crude remarks about a school administrator and its police liaison were spray-painted on the entrance, and eggs and paper also covered the outside area, the report added.

Ironically, it was the school’s police liaison who connected the teens to the vandalism, tracing a shopping bag with egg cartons and other items left at the scene back to the Washington Township Meijer where they were purchased, the report stated. Surveillance video from the store showed the teens buying the items at about 2 a.m. Thursday, the report added.

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The arrests, which happened during the Thursday morning graduation rehearsal at Oakland University, and continuing investigation meant the students were prohibited from participating in the school’s Thursday commencement ceremony, as well as any other remaining school events this year, the report stated. The school year ends June 12, the report added.

The students have been released pending an investigation by the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office, the report stated. After that’s completed, it will be up to county prosecutors to file charges, the report added.

Officials from Rochester Community Schools say they will press to have charges filed after the investigation and seek restitution for the damages, the report stated.