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So, how did the student obtain the key? Was it theft or were they given the key? This detail matters.

The outpouring of community support to clean up the school was overwhelming. Obviously there was considerable vandalism involved that resulted in several thousand dollars of property damage. Disappointment and frustration has spread throughout our community with various opinions on what should happen to these individuals. Some suggest felony convictions for all and maybe add 40 lashes too. I’d rather see us as a community rally behind behind the school, the kids and parents to create a teaching moment and lifelong learning experience. Together we can find a reasonable solution to bring a sense of pride and responsibility back to all facets of our community.

We should all have a side bet going....I bet 45 out of the 45 get really nice plea deals. 🤔

What will happen is this- DA will reduce felonies to misdemeanor. Those with misdemeanor will hav charges dismissed. Anyone with prominent ties to community leader, politicians, or are stars of their respective sports will see nothing. What needs to happen- All restitution paid in full as a condition of graduation. Charges stick and not downgraded. Yes, some will face felony charges and they should. They had to close school as a result of their actions. Austin had a similar incident to a lesser extent 2 years ago. This was to one-up Austin. If they are not held responsible under the law, the next area community will see worse, so their students can up-up Albert Lea. They will be looking at a long term school closure or irreparable damage. Homecoming, graduation, and senior pranks have crossed the line in recent years from harmless pranks to criminal activity. It’s time to treat it as any other criminal activity.

Do not settle the felony charges as anything less than.

Student who got the key seems like the ring leader….

Thank you, ALPD, for your service to our community!

Who is in charge of security?

Punishment should fit the crime and these kids need to learn to make better decisions! I hate to see anybody's lives ruined because once u get in the system it can be difficult to get out and they could go further down the wrong path. I hope they learn a valuable lesson or two...some will and some won't i'm sure..

Thank you to the ALPD for the work that you have put into this incident. Very much appreciated

There need to be consequences that are real. They need to be publicly named, regardless of age. Their parents need to be named, so they feel the shame of lax supervision. Restitution needs to be made, but not monetary. Some families would just write a check, but for others a thousand dollars might be almost two weeks of take-home pay. The restitution needs to be many hours of hard work, mowing lawns for the elderly, scrubbing graffiti, and similar. But the consequences should not be career ending. Let them atone for their actions, redeem themselves and become the teachers, doctors, and engineers that society needs.

I’ll believe it when I see it

Hope they pay dearly, but in this world I'll believe it when I see it!

Criminal Charges? Expulsions? Any Real Consequences? More Talk? LOL 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

Thank You!!👏

The District, the school, the city, the school board, principal. ALPD and City Attorney all should be on board to prosecute to the fullest this criminal destruction that took place. Albert Lea hold them responsible!

No I am not. But I don’t think their lives should be RUINED bc of that.

This will be considered mild compared to what is coming. It would be better to let this go and concentrate on the millions and millions of our taxes that went to fake daycares. I think the kids have a right to be frustrated and you should all be glad no one got hurt and no damage to private property was done.

they will slam the door and throw away the key on these kids but slap the wrists of pedophiles in the area that’s our judges in freeborn county for ya

How about being reasonable? Sure they should get charges. Community service. But felonies? This will ruin their lives. If you want a bunch of deadbeats that can’t get good jobs because of a criminal record then this is how you do it.

No pleas no probation! These kids should have known right from wrong! Adults shame you! I have a feeling that everyone involved, will get their hands slapped

Charge them for what they did. No damn please deals. If they ruined their lives they will have to live with it. they knew what they were doing.

Name the ones that are 18. They are adults. Put their names out there

They all need a belt to the behind. So do some of the parents.

No easy handouts or plea deals. Charge them fully. The only way they are going to learn!!! They knew what they were doing. It was planned and premeditated!

Will there be a Deeper internal investigation into the department? Did others know? Were there others involved?

What was his purpose for this?

Did he get fired or leave on his own?

their shiesty like Matilda’s dad 😂

Need to investigate Worthington Minnesota Noble's county 56187

Sad

Here at Albert Lea Police Department, we will burn our own at the stake for one of the lamest reasons ever. We hate our own officers, so imagine how much we hate you.

Not real smart.

Big shocker, investigate Officer Ryan Bassett next please, I believe he is also guilty of criminal activity, plus he never called me back after our night of passion.

The Albert Lea police department are on a witch hunt

As I said, they crossed a line & they definitely need to understand that fact. But senior pranks have been happening for generations. Give them several hours of community service, cleaning up the mess they made, a large set amount of required volunteer work!!! Yes! They went too far. But this day shouldn't end up defining their futures.

I’d say a fair amount of community service is most appropriate for those involved. Don’t trash their futures.

The individuals should be present and help with the clean-up, and repairs.

Fines to compensate for some of the costs.

Adult decisions deserve adult consequences. This wasn't a prank it was vandalism.

The real question that is going to make a difference for the kids who are involved is what are the parents doing about it? Is there a discussion about respecting property? Phones taken away or other consequences at home, expectations to work to help pay back damages, apologies said/written? Are parents doing what they can to support the school? Or are they laughing about it, or blowing it off as being a dumb thing to do with nothing more said or done. Kids make mistakes, any kid from any family could have been a part of this destruction. But kids who have been taught to respect property wouldn’t feel good about it afterwards. Kids who haven’t been taught that lesson will laugh, along with their parents. A parent’s job is probably the hardest job there is. It means parents have to give up a lot of their time and endure more stress, it’s a give and take on the daily. I see too many parents turn their heads too many times, take the easy way out. And events like these are happening because of it, or similar situations of defiance, too many times.

What are kids doing out at 1 a.m????

Names of the parents should be released

Maybe they’ll invest in a rage room haha

Glad to see ALPD, and School administrators have discovered, who the guilty students were!! I personally will be following this case. Because I don't want to pay $$$$ for the damages done by these individuals. My personal thoughts... Each individual pays restitution and does "Numerous, Numerous community service hours!!!! EACH ONE INVOLVED!

I hope they get criminal charges.

Beyond criminal charges, parents need to reimburse the school district for complete compensation including pay package cost for the cleaning and work involved. And the involved students can clean the bathrooms for an undefined time no less than 60 days. If the school district is lenient, I will vote no on future school referendums. And extend school an additional day.

Hopefully ALHS beefs up their security system. An open door at 1am should have alerted someone.

Any chance kids and/or parents pay for damage and help with clean up?

This investigation seems to be taking awhile. People know who did this. I hope consequences are appropriate and the “kids” are not just given a slap on the wrist.

KahhhhhhhN...!!🌎💥😎

Senior pranks are one thing but this was vandalism. These students need to repay the damages and do community service.

That’s a lot of taxpayer money

Why didn’t the security alarms go off??

I say criminal charges for them. Do not let them off easy. This was not a prank, this costs actually money to fix what they did. Pranks don't usually cost money.

Y'all in the comments are a little too lenient about this. You don't want to know what my punishment would be.

I'd be happy to contribute $1,000,000 per year in the budget to allow this to continue as long as no injuries or damage to private property occur, let kids vent their frustrations, which I feel they have valid reasons to do so. This will get much worse and this will be looked on in 10 years as mild compared to what's coming.

If that’s true than come and stop the people speeding down my street.

This is the actual video recording of the incident that's been getting a lot of attention. Instead of listening to rumors, it's better we see the facts for ourselves in this video. It's short, but it's important so we don't get the wrong idea.. www.facebook.com/61593962681654/posts/122103605931465422/?app=fbl

Charge them all. Fucking disgusting.

My dad told me that when he was there one of the senior pranks at the old highschool was taking a VW apart and assembling it in the older gymnasium in the middle of the school.

You “would think”they have cameras

Cameras?

These Diddy parties are getting out of hand.

They had a key, and wore masks

No alarms going off weird

Why no alarms when , door is opened? That to me is crazy!

Pranks are one thing, vandalism is another.

Did anyone check to see where Sean Puffy Combs is?

Found out more about the vandalism at the high school from a kid that know a lot the other kids

Why does anyone want to do this?

What happened

What happened to the good old days of just putting in spray painting the grass that will grow and is an easy cleanup such as the paw prints that we used to put from the old high school all the way out to the field on the grass. Why does it have to become vandalism to be considered fun? I hope whoever did this does get prosecuted so they know that there’s consequences to their actions that’s ridiculous. Nobody needs to have that kind of chaos and rightfully so if homecoming got canceled.

Plus if there's no security alarm and it's that easy to get in the school. Then how would that protect the kids and staff from a crazy person or mental person come in and bring in a banger or a school shooter. The district has a lot of explaining to do

Heartbreaking 💔

I hope they are caught and punished!! Vandalism is such a childish thing to do!!!

I guarantee these kids posted videos all over snap chat, they shouldn't be hard to find.

Check out the Trash Punk who drives a Black Car with very loud Cherry poppers Exhaust pipes...He drives up and down Front street and 4th Avenue...!!💥☎️💥

Why do people have to be so ignorant just makes it harder for everybody else

No further information is probably because suspects are minors. Damn kids. People should just stop having them lol

This is absolutely sickening. Where are the parents? Hold them accountable for not parenting their children. Put them all in jail.

Total lack of respect for their class, their school and their community.

I sure they are saying no more information is released at the time because it was probably minors, there is no way they dont know who did it, the school is full of cameras. Dumb ass kids

Class of 23 was told not to do a senior prank due to class of 22 taking it to far I feel as if there should be no more senior pranks happening sorry for the future classes but it’s just getting worse and worse as the years go on

Sick, parents should pay for it

Am I the only one who thinks this should be considered attempted murder? 🤷‍♀️ When you stab someone, you KNOW there’s a very real possibility that person could die. A knife isn’t something you accidentally use when you’re trying to hurt someone without serious consequences. If you wanted to slap someone, you’d slap them—you wouldn’t grab a knife and stab them. I understand that every case has to be judged on the specific facts and intent, but seriously… stabbing someone is an extremely dangerous act that can take a life in seconds. Why isn’t the possibility of murder taken more seriously in situations like this?

Pretty sure , that's the 1000 block

Oh fer petesake Tommy! Growup!

Was this outside of Bleachers?

Excellent JOB 💯 Officers!!!!!

What da' beef about, brotha...

Damn I just drove past em around 5 yesterday getting on a bike across from that racing store

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Thank you ALPD, FREEBORN SHERIFFS, AND MAYO AMBULANCE SERVICE.

I Wasn't there I Swear I Swear...!!🙄☎️

I can home from owatonna last night at 9. I seen the cops throw a bunch of stuff out of the building. Like electric scooters and different garbage.

Free uncle Tommy 💯💯

And then I feel like and then I feel like I just wanna shut my phone off

Is anyone providing anybody trauma support anywhere for this situation? Just curious. I feel like the sucks. I went out for a walk on along the beach with Ella and I heard 30 f****** sirens and then I felt like, well, I guess we'll go home and my husband's not at home. So that made me sad. So hmm, I don't really like being in this town with my little girl anymore, who's in agreement with that, who could I say, yeah, me, neither let's move.

Peaceful Albert Lea isn't so peaceful anymore

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