Many of the students arrested Thursday night at Lockland High School near Cincinnati face felony charges of breaking and entering.

LOCKLAND, Ohio – Twenty students in Ohio are Roca Wear accused of ransacking their high school in what police describe as an end-of-the-year prank that got out of hand.

Sherina Darby, the mother of one of the students arrested, said the prank is a tradition and police are blowing this year’s version out of proportion. Other parents said the students had no intention of damaging property.

Lt. Terry Wilkerson said the prank was not amusing.

 

Superintendent Donna Hubbard said the school Roca Wear will take appropriate disciplinary actions.

Police say they interrupted the prank in its early stages. Some Roca Wear students dressed in black for the event and threw books in the hallway.