ARLINGTON – Two teens turned themselves in to Arlington police in the case of vandalism at Arlington High School.
The 17-year-old Arlington High and 15-year-old Marysville-Pilchuck High students confessed, police say.They were booked into the Denney Juvenile Justice Center in Everett on suspicion of second-degree burglary and first-degree malicious mischief.
The pair is suspected of vandalizing Arlington High April 16.
At about 1:45 a.m., Arlington police responded to an alarm at the high school. Police witnessed at least two people inside the fenced and gated parking lot.
The pair attempted to flee in their vehicle but were contained inside the locked gates. The two then abandoned the vehicle and fled on foot to the east of the school.
A K-9 team from the Monroe Police Department helped in the search but the pair escaped.
Damage to the school was limited to one office where a window was shattered and a computer monitor was found on the floor, along with a railing in the parking lot.