Gettysburg Bombed From Air — With Eggs
ASSOCIATED PRESS!
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Two teenagers were arrested on charges they bombed their high school with a bucket of eggs from a low-flying airplane.
During the incident on June 15, panicked officials evacuated about two dozen people from the top floors of a hotel when the two-seat Piper Cub (search) circled low over downtown Gettysburg, then disappeared.
"You hate to think what might have happened — even unintentionally," Adams County prosecutor Brian Sinnett said. He called the prank "one of the most bizarre cases that I've been involved in."
The two Gettysburg High students were arrested Jan. 7 on charges including risking a catastrophe and reckless endangerment. They were caught after telling others about the incident, authorities said.
They were not identified because they are juveniles — one 15 years old, the other 15 or 16.
Sinnett said the boys dropped at least one bucket of eggs on the roof of the high school, hours before the start of the final day of class before summer vacation.
"To the best of my knowledge, it wasn't even reported at the time," Sinnett said. "I don't know that necessarily saw it at first."
They also were charged with taking a Christmas wreath from Gettysburg High last month. The investigation into the stolen wreath, Sinnett said, helped authorities link the boys to the aerial egging.
Sinnett said the boys confided in others about the incident.
During the incident, police tried to signal the plane using flashlights. Fog and darkness prevented authorities from reading the tail number.
The airplane, which belonged to the father of the boy at the controls, apparently landed at a private family airstrip. The boy does not have a pilot's license, Sinnett said.
ASSOCIATED PRESS!
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Two teenagers were arrested on charges they bombed their high school with a bucket of eggs from a low-flying airplane.
During the incident on June 15, panicked officials evacuated about two dozen people from the top floors of a hotel when the two-seat Piper Cub (search) circled low over downtown Gettysburg, then disappeared.
"You hate to think what might have happened — even unintentionally," Adams County prosecutor Brian Sinnett said. He called the prank "one of the most bizarre cases that I've been involved in."
The two Gettysburg High students were arrested Jan. 7 on charges including risking a catastrophe and reckless endangerment. They were caught after telling others about the incident, authorities said.
They were not identified because they are juveniles — one 15 years old, the other 15 or 16.
Sinnett said the boys dropped at least one bucket of eggs on the roof of the high school, hours before the start of the final day of class before summer vacation.
"To the best of my knowledge, it wasn't even reported at the time," Sinnett said. "I don't know that necessarily saw it at first."
They also were charged with taking a Christmas wreath from Gettysburg High last month. The investigation into the stolen wreath, Sinnett said, helped authorities link the boys to the aerial egging.
Sinnett said the boys confided in others about the incident.
During the incident, police tried to signal the plane using flashlights. Fog and darkness prevented authorities from reading the tail number.
The airplane, which belonged to the father of the boy at the controls, apparently landed at a private family airstrip. The boy does not have a pilot's license, Sinnett said.