Crime & Safety
4 Teens Caught After Fire Near School Baseball Field
No one was injured in the Monday afternoon incident at Hamlin Elementary School.
Four teens were taken into custody Monday after they were seen running from the scene of a small fire near an elementary school baseball field.
The incident happened at 4:52 p.m. behind in Rochester Hills.
According to a news release from the , sheriff's deputies and the responded to the call, extinguished the fire and talked to witnesses who reported seeing four subjects around the garbage can right before the fire started.
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The teen-agers — two boys, two girls — were located and taken to the Rochester Hills substation for questioning.
Two of the subjects, 18-year-old and 19-year-old boys, were released pending further investigation. An 18-year-old girl was released to the on one of their outstanding warrants. A 16-year-old girl was released to her parents pending further investigation.
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School officials said there was no permanent damage to the field.
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