A local teenager who sneaked into a Columbus middle school and stole three students’ cell phones from a locker room was found and arrested this morning.
Columbus police were notified at 8:30 a.m. of a suspicious person outside Central Middle School, 725 Seventh St., said Lt. Matt Harris, Columbus Police Department spokesman.
The theft of the phones from a school locker room was discovered a short time later and was reported to school resource officers, Harris said.
Columbus police and the school resource officers were able to track the phones to an area near Foundation for Youth where they located and arrested Alexis R. Daniels, 19, Columbus, on a preliminary charge of theft, Harris said.
Harris said Daniels is about 5 feet tall and barely 100 pounds and could easily pass for a middle schooler from her appearance.
However, a school secretary who saw the girl outside Central reported to police that she was acting strangely, alerting authorities, Harris said. Police did have video footage of the girl’s presence at the school and were able to “ping” the cell phones to locate the devices, he said.
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