Six Arrested in Theft of 13 School Computers
Four boys and two men were arrested on suspicion of stealing 13 new laptop computers and a computer projector from Washington Middle School, police said Saturday.
The equipment was stolen from a computer lab between Thursday night and Friday morning. Some of the suspects allegedly tried to sell some of the Apple G4 laptops, each valued at $1,300, to teachers at Poly Academy of Accelerated Learning, located at a high school half a mile away. Eleven of the 13 laptops have been recovered, and some were found in the suspects’ homes, police said.
One teacher at the high school was arrested on suspicion of purchasing a laptop from one of the suspects, police said.
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