Three Hope High School students have been arrested for vandalism at the Spring Hill Schools. Hempstead County Sheriff's Deputies arrested two juveniles and one 18-year-old Monday morning for allegedly committing several acts of vandalism to school buildings and the football field at Spring Hill over the weekend.

The two juveniles and 18-year-old student James Crowe, a senior, were taken into custody at Hope High School and transported to the Hempstead County Detention Center. All three were charged with Criminal Mischief.

Hempstead County Sheriff's Deputy Charlie Featherston was dispatched to the school Saturday after someone had spray painted the football field with red paint. Vandals wrote on several windows in the cafeteria, gym and high school building.

The Sheriff's Department recovered several spray paint cans from the scene and review recordings made by the school's security cameras.

The two juveniles were summoned to Juvenile Court on March 6, 2012, and released to their parents. Crowe was was given a District Court date of March 12, 2012.

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