Three young suspects were arrested for allegedly stealing thousands of dollars worth of items from Whittier High School and causing significant damage to the property.

The suspects were identified as Jayden Martin, 19, and Alexiah Valles, 18, and a juvenile whose name was not released, according to the Whittier Police Department.

On July 20, the suspects entered a campus building through a window around midnight. They ransacked the property, stealing around $12,000 worth of items from multiple classrooms, including chemistry equipment, a replica skeleton, a live snake, a live fish and more.

They fled the school with the stolen items and animals and left behind around $10,000 worth of damage, police said.

On July 21, with the help of the school’s resource officer, the unidentified juven

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