ARIZONA ARRESTS MADE IN HIGH SCHOOL COMPUTER THEFT CASEArizona Daily Sun
Five teens were jailed Tuesday in connection with a Feb. 14 burglary at Flagstaff High School, where more than $30,000 worth of electronic equipment was stolen.
Three of the people arrested are FHS students, police officials say. The apparent motive for the burglary was to make cash from selling the stolen items, of which few have been recovered.

Meanwhile, police will be checking to see if the five who were arrested had any connection with the March 13 destruction of much of the high school's memorabilia.

According to information in Flagstaff Police Department records, the burglary was first discovered by members of a church organization that conducts services at the school on Sundays.

The church members reported to police that more than $3,000 in electronic equipment had been stolen, including a multimedia projector worth $1,800.

When school started Monday, a teacher arrived at her classroom to find the door kicked in and more than $28,000 in electronic equipment missing from the radio/TV/film class and the computer-aided design class.

Administrators with the Flagstaff Unified School District said the burglary was the biggest in the high school's history in terms of monetary loss to the district.

Cpl. Tom Boughner of the police department said investigators split into two teams to track down suspects in the burglary and suspects in the criminal damage.

Boughner said detectives working the burglary received a tip from a resident who bought a computer that had been stolen from the high school. The resident informed police from whom the computer was bought.

"That gave us enough probable cause for a search warrant on a home in Cheshire," Boughner said.

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