Crime & Safety
Police: 63 Arrested for Breaking Into School, Urinating in Halls in Senior Prank
Teaneck High students face burglary and criminal mischief charges.
More than 60 Teaneck High School seniors were arrested early Thursday morning after a senior prank involved urinating in the hallways, smearing Vaseline on walls and door knobs, flipping over desks and littering the school with balloons.
"I've been a police officer 19 years, and this is the craziest thing I've ever seen," Teaneck Police Sgt. John Garland told NBC New York.
According to Acting Police Chief Robert Carney, officers responded to a burglar alarm at the school shortly after 2 a.m. Thursday. Officers found dozens of teens, some hiding, inside the school while others ran away, the report said.
A total of 63 students—24 adults and 39 juveniles—were arrested and charged with burglary and criminal mischief.
The police released Thursday afternoon the names of the adult students arrested:
- Jessica Kim
- Ashley Martin
- Stephanie Rubok
- Tiffany Combs
- Kamal Fatima Unar
- Nancy Morales
- Kimberly Chevalier
- Benjamin Bland
- Jamir Cope
- Brandon Lopez
- Leutrin Saiti
- David Jones
- Abdul-Mumin Abdulai
- Bryan Cruz
- Jeffrey Bivens
- Robert Scott
- Matthew Morning
- Sabrina Bautista
- Jaime McBean
- Maxine Reyes
- Maya Stripling
- Corinne Hendricks
- Dejanee Archbold
- Eric Cruz
The school district is considering disciplinary action against the students, according to Superintendent Barbara Pinsak. The damage was cleaned up within a few hours and no repairs were necessary.
Multiple law enforcement agencies responded to the school, including the Bergen County Sheriff’s Office K-9 unit that discovered eight students hiding in a classroom, according to NorthJersey.com.
The Bergen County Police and officers from Fort Lee, Englewood, New Milford, Glen Rock, Paramus, Englewood Cliffs, Palisades Park, Hackensack, Bergenfield, Cresskill, Ridgefield, Ridgefield Park, Bogota, Dumont and the Palisades Interstate Parkway all responded to the scene.
Classes were in session as usual on Thursday.
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