Three juveniles have been apprehended and are now in custody for allegedly vandalizing Kagman Elementary School.<\/p>\n
According to Department of Public Safety Commissioner James Deleon Guerrero, the three are being detained at the juvenile detention facility in Kagman and have been charged with burglary, theft, and criminal mischief.<\/p>\n
Rep. Larry Deleon Guerrero (Ind-Saipan) told Saipan Tribune that the alleged \u201cvandals was apprehended last week.\u201d<\/p>\n
Deleon Guerrero confirmed this, saying the minors were arrested Thursday last week, May 29, based on arrest warrants issued by Superior Court Associate Judge Joseph Camacho. Their bail was set at $20,000 cash each.<\/p>\n
In a later statement, DPS said the suspects are students of ChaCha Ocean View Junior High School and are residing in Kagman.<\/p>\n
According to Deleon Guerrero, he already told KagES principal Ruth Calvo of the arrest of the three juveniles early yesterday morning. <\/p>\n
In a separate interview, Calvo said she just wants to \u201cmake sure that justice is done, not just for the school but for the community that was affected by all of this.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhatever happens, justice has to be done for the community at large because it\u2019s their school,\u201d Calvo said.<\/p>\n
Kagman Elementary School was last vandalized on May 5, 2014. In that incident, \u201cthey broke into the cafeteria and messed everything up pretty good,\u201d Calvo said.<\/p>\n
Calvo said that industrial cleaning materials\u2014Clorox, Pine Sol, wax, and other sanitation products\u2014were dumped on the floor and tables of the cafeteria.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey even took milk and juices and slashed them with a knife and spilled them all over the cafeteria. Those are commodities that our children could have used,\u201d Calvo said.<\/p>\n
KagES first fell victim to unidentified vandals on March 22, 2014, damaging potted plants and water faucets and littering the campus hallways. The second incident happened on April 2, causing further harm to the campus.<\/p>\n
According to her, the vandals tore down posters in front of classroom doors, tore down plants, used mud to \u201cdecorate\u201d the ceilings and floors, and left bathroom faucets turned on all night.<\/p>\n
\u201cTo prevent us from saving up water, they actually broke the pipe last time. This time around they broke two pipes,\u201d Calvo said.<\/p>\n
This led to the school shutting down their water supply just so they could save water. Calvo said that Kagman High School sent their maintenance staff to help fix the pipes.<\/p>\n
She said the culprits were close to vandalizing the school\u2019s only stage but somebody saw them and they ran off. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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