Teen vandals arrested in B&E streak
Damage to businesses, museum date back to June
Two juvenile males were arrested over the weekend for a string of breaking and entering and vandalism incidents throughout the city, including at the Town Hall and Engine House Museum on Public Square (pictured). File photo
MEDINA – Two 14-year-old boys are facing felony charges after a marathon of breaking and entering and vandalism in the city dating back to June.
Medina Police officers happened to be responding to an alarm at a North Court Street business in the Medina Shopping Center at 8:33 p.m. Nov. 12 when an officer saw a boy outside of the complex’s rear.
The boy, police reported, climbed up drain pipes on the side of the building to get to the roof upon seeing the officer.
Police then surrounded the area and a Medina Fire Department ladder truck was called in to gain access to the roof where police located the boy who fled and another boy.
“We’re pretty sure it was a coincidence with the alarm ... we think it was set off by an employee by accident,” Medina Police Sgt. Scott Marcum said. “We just happened to be in the right place at the right time.”
Police reported the boys admitted breaking a window and entering a vacant office space on the second story of the Medina Shopping Center, next to the storefront where the alarm went off.
But that wasn’t all they admitted to, Marcum said.
The previous weekend on Nov. 5, the Medina Town Hall and Engine House Museum on Public Square was broken into.
Bathrooms were flooded by clogging sinks and toilets, paint was spread on floors and walls and drywall was broken.
The boys, Marcum said, admitted they were responsible for the museum incident, which police said is up to $2,000 in damage and rising.
The boys reportedly entered that building by climbing drain pipes and fire escapes on the building’s rear and breaking open a locked hatch on the roof.
“That seems to be their thing, climbing on roofs. They didn’t get into the actual museum. They were in a hallway outside,” Marcum said. “There was an antique mirror that looks like they tried to burn.”
Back in June, the A.I. Root Candle Co. on West Liberty Street was entered overnight. Several pieces of glass were broken and paint was spread on the floor, as well as interior and exterior walls.
The boys also took ownership of that incident, Marcum said.
Police also linked the duo with a breaking and entering at a city-owned storage barn on East Smith Road where its door and floors were reportedly smashed.
The boys have each been charged in Medina County Juvenile Court with three counts of breaking and entering, fifth-degree felonies, two counts of vandalism and one count of trespassing.
Police are also looking at a separate juvenile witness.
“These were the main two involved,” Marcum said. “The fire house really bothered a lot of people.”
Medina Police officers happened to be responding to an alarm at a North Court Street business in the Medina Shopping Center at 8:33 p.m. Nov. 12 when an officer saw a boy outside of the complex’s rear.
The boy, police reported, climbed up drain pipes on the side of the building to get to the roof upon seeing the officer.
Police then surrounded the area and a Medina Fire Department ladder truck was called in to gain access to the roof where police located the boy who fled and another boy.
“We’re pretty sure it was a coincidence with the alarm ... we think it was set off by an employee by accident,” Medina Police Sgt. Scott Marcum said. “We just happened to be in the right place at the right time.”
Police reported the boys admitted breaking a window and entering a vacant office space on the second story of the Medina Shopping Center, next to the storefront where the alarm went off.
But that wasn’t all they admitted to, Marcum said.
The previous weekend on Nov. 5, the Medina Town Hall and Engine House Museum on Public Square was broken into.
Bathrooms were flooded by clogging sinks and toilets, paint was spread on floors and walls and drywall was broken.
The boys, Marcum said, admitted they were responsible for the museum incident, which police said is up to $2,000 in damage and rising.
The boys reportedly entered that building by climbing drain pipes and fire escapes on the building’s rear and breaking open a locked hatch on the roof.
“That seems to be their thing, climbing on roofs. They didn’t get into the actual museum. They were in a hallway outside,” Marcum said. “There was an antique mirror that looks like they tried to burn.”
Back in June, the A.I. Root Candle Co. on West Liberty Street was entered overnight. Several pieces of glass were broken and paint was spread on the floor, as well as interior and exterior walls.
The boys also took ownership of that incident, Marcum said.
Police also linked the duo with a breaking and entering at a city-owned storage barn on East Smith Road where its door and floors were reportedly smashed.
The boys have each been charged in Medina County Juvenile Court with three counts of breaking and entering, fifth-degree felonies, two counts of vandalism and one count of trespassing.
Police are also looking at a separate juvenile witness.
“These were the main two involved,” Marcum said. “The fire house really bothered a lot of people.”