Nationwide — Two 10-year-old kids from Marshall County, Mississippi, are going through costs after setting hearth to 3 faculty buses parked behind a faculty. The fires brought on heavy injury simply weeks earlier than summer season faculty begins.
Marshall County Sheriff Kenny Dickerson mentioned the kids’s dad and mom introduced them in for questioning the day after the fires. The 2 had been launched again into their dad and mom’ custody. They’re set to look in Youth Court docket for a listening to the place costs can be formally introduced.
Jerome Henderson, who is aware of the households, mentioned the dad and mom had been shocked by what their kids had finished.
“They caught them off guard about what [their] personal children did. They couldn’t consider that, and so they [were] actual upset,” he advised WREG.
The varsity district’s Transportation Director, Jose Roman, known as the injury “devastating.” He mentioned the lack of buses has created a critical scarcity because the district finalizes bus routes and prepares for college kids to return.
In an announcement, the Marshall County College District mentioned it’s working shortly to ensure college students gained’t be affected when faculty begins. The district additionally thanked native firefighters and deputies for placing out the flames and launching the investigation.
