SOUTHPORT — Two juveniles were arrested in connection with a burglary at Southport Elementary School, the Bay County Sheriff’s Office reported.
The male juveniles were both charged with grand theft, burglary and criminal mischief, police reported. One of the boys said he stole tools and fire extinguishers from the school along with two other juveniles, according to the BCSO.
Deputies responded to the school at 5:52 a.m. on Wednesday after administration called in a burglary. A janitorial supply closet and storage room was broken into, with several fire extinguishers stolen, police said. It also appeared the extinguishers were sprayed on walls and floors in the school and a large plastic bin filled with tools also was missing, police reported,
Soon after, a call from a citizen on Nassau Street near the school alerted authorities to several discarded fire extinguishers, police said. Deputies responded and learned of a group of juveniles living nearby, the BCSO reported.
Deputies went to the residence and observed a skateboard and bike covered in fire extinguisher “dust” and a plastic bin of tools, police said. Deputies spoke with a parent at the residence and two juveniles living in the home, when one stated he had been at the school with two other boys and participated in the burglary, according to police.
The BCSO said the investigation is ongoing.