Ex-Cedar Grove High Student Returned To School Looking For A Fight: Cops

CEDAR GROVE, NJ — Authorities say that a former Cedar Grove High School student showed up at his alma mater looking for a fight last month, but left before he found it.

According to the Cedar Grove Police Department, officers responded to the high school around 3:12 p.m. on Feb. 23 after receiving a report about a suspicious incident.

School administrators told officers that a former student was in the building and “looking to start a fight.”

After conducting a search, police found that the former student left the building prior to their arrival, authorities said.

However, the incident was captured on school surveillance video, which led to the identification of the suspect, a 19-year-old male, police said.

Authorities charged the teen with defiant trespassing and issued him a summons.