Senior prank goes bad, four Harrison High School students arrested

Carolyn Shelby — Fri, 23 May 2008 22:16:22 +0000

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (Lafayette-Online) — Tippecanoe County Sheriff’s Investigators are investigating a burglary and theft at Harrison High School. School officials reported the incident after it was discovered that meal trays and food items had been taken from the school’s kitchen sometime overnight.

According to Investigator Thomas Lehman, all of the suspects in what started as a “senior prank” have been identified and arrested. The meal trays were recovered, but nearly eight hundred dollars ($800.00) in food items that had been designated for the school’s morning breakfast were destroyed as a result of the incident causing the school officials to make other meal arrangements.

Lehman was assisted in the investigation by Lieutenant Terry Ruley, and Investigator Greg Haltom.

William T. Arnold

Thomas D. Whitworth

Samantha J. Yoder

Arrested in the investigation:

William T. Arnold (18)
West Lafayette, Indiana
Charge: Burglary as a Class C Felony/Criminal Mischief as Class A Misdemeanor
Bond: $10,000.00

Thomas D. Whitworth (18)
West Lafayette, Indiana
Charge: Burglary as a Class C Felony
Bond: $10,000.00

Samantha J. Yoder (18)
West Lafayette, Indiana
Charge: Burglary as a Class C Felony
Bond: $10,000.00

Juvenile Male (17)
West Lafayette, Indiana
Charges: Burglary as a Class C Felony/Theft as a Class D Felony
*Placed in secure detention following a hearing in Tippecanoe County Superior Court III.

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