I Say Throw the Book At 'Em

Preferably, a very heavy book, with sharp corners.

From the Boston Globe:

Teens arrested in break-in at town water supply

BLACKSTONE, Mass. --Two 15-year-old boys faced felony charges Wednesday in connection with a break-in at a water storage facility in this central Massachusetts town, where residents stockpiled water and many businesses and schools were closed.

How long will it be before their parents issue a statement blaming the producers of "24" for the actions of their little scumbag offspring?

Officials have told the 9,000 residents of Blackstone and about four dozen homes in neighboring North Smithfield, R.I., not to drink the water, let it contact their skin or use it for washing clothes or dishes until tests show it is safe. Results were expected midday Wednesday.

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Two 15-year-old boys and a 15-year-old girl broke in Monday night at the facility which houses a 1.3 million-gallon tank supplying water to Blackstone and part of North Smithfield, police said. The two boys, whose names were not released because of their ages, were charged with malicious destruction of property, tampering with a public water supply and polluting the water supply, all felonies, and trespassing, Gilmore said. They became suspects after talking about the incident at school, he said.

Nothing in the papers yet about what a bunch of "great kids" they are, but you know it's coming.

Ed Coletta, a spokesman for the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection, said the trespassers cut barbed wire, cut the lines to an alarm, and then damaged an electrical panel and a vent at the top of the tank.

Left at the scene was an empty, 5-gallon container that had an odor. Officials were unsure whether the empty bucket they found belonged to the water supply company that uses the facility.

Should we start a pool over how much jail time these little miscreants will won't get? I'm going with "until they're parents come get them".