CINCINNATI (AP) — A grand jury will determine the next step in charges against 12 Cincinnati area high school seniors arrested when police broke up a planned end-of-the-year prank.
A municipal court judge said today the students can remain free while a grand jury decides whether to indict them as charged, indict on lesser counts, or drop the case.
Twenty teens were arrested at suburban Lockland High School last week, with 12 charged as adults on counts of breaking and entering and resisting arrest. The other eight will face juvenile court charges.
Parents and students say police overreacted. Police say the students had no good reason to be inside the building late at night and diverted public resources, including K-9 units and officers from five neighboring communities.
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there was a show on mtv that reinacted high school pranks using the real students involved. of course other kids see this show and want to be on it one day themselves and try and come up with something sure to catch national attention!
Wonder if the kids think this is a real prank now!
"Parents and students say police overreacted."
And if one of the students would've died or something happened then the police would've been at fault. They just can't win.