Girls Confess to Ransacking Elementary School

Two girls have confessed to vandalizing a San Diego elementary school.

Two classrooms at John Adams Elementary School in Normal Heights were ransacked Saturday evening.

Police said the vandals threw a fire extinguisher through a window to break into the building. They overturned desks and chairs, scattered books and paper on the floor, and scribbled profanity on the white board.

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Vandals ransacked two classrooms at John Adams Elementary on Saturday, Oct. 11, 2014.

It appeared valuables, like computers, were left behind, according to maintenance workers.

Two girls turned themselves in on Sunday. One girl attends John Adams Elementary, and the other is a student elsewhere, according to the San Diego Unified School District. The district said they face criminal vandalism charges.

Police did not know the cost of the damage.
 

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