Two 14-year-old boys were arrested early Wednesday morning after they allegedly broke into a car dealership and another building and stole several knives and a sword.
Both of the teens, whose names have not been released because they are juveniles, are charged with burglary, a felony.
At about 3 a.m., an officer patrolling the area near the McDonald’s on North Walnut Street noticed the teens walking along the roadside, Bloomington Police Department Sgt. Cody Forston said. They appeared to be intoxicated, and one was carrying a sword.
The officer tried to keep observing, but the teens noticed the officer and turned around.
Eventually, other officers responded and, after the teens took off running, officers apprehended the teens near a parking lot at the intersection of 15th Street and North College Avenue.
Police found several knives and one sword on the boys. They admitted to getting the knives and sword from an building that wasn’t in use.
Forston identified the dealership as Dealer’s Outler on North Walnut Street.
Forston said the report did not specify which dealership the weapons came from, and he did not know why the weapons were in the dealership.
The teens’ parents were notified, and the knives and sword were returned to their owner.
The boys were arrested and taken to a juvenile detention facility.
Jack Evans
