Roslindale middle school ransacked; two arrested

UPDATE, Sunday morning: A BPS spokesman says school will open on a regular schedule tomorrow. BPS teams are currently assessing the cost of fixing the damage, he says, adding he does not yet know if the alleged vandals were Irving students.

Boston Police report arresting two of the three teenagers they say smashed up ten classrooms at the Irving Middle School on Cummins Highway early this morning.

Police say an alarm brought officers to the school around 1:45 a.m.:

At one point officers heard the school public address system go off and a male voice talking. The officers continued to hear noises from inside the school. Soon after hearing the noises inside the school, one officer who was positioned outside observed three white males quickly exit a side door of the school. The suspects began to leave the area when they observed the officers and began to run away jumping fence. Officers at the scene gave chase as the suspects separated to elude capture.

Police say the officers managed to nab two of the three. Back at the school, officers found:

At least 10 classrooms and their contents ransacked, several windows broken and electronic equipment damaged. Damage was also found to the display cases in the front hall and several cash registers in the cafeteria.

The alleged little darlings will be arraigned Monday on juvenile charges of breaking and entering in the nighttime, malicious destruction of property, larceny from a building under $250 and resisting arrest.