Man charged after allegedly breaking into Centralia High School
Ryan Shiner
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)
An 18-year-old man has been charged with a felony after he allegedly broke into Centralia High School this week with three other people.
Chase Moore, of Centralia, was charged with second-degree burglary and three misdemeanors: Institutional vandalism, first-degree trespassing and stealing.
He is being held on a $5,000 bond, with a bond stipulation of not going to the school “except for attending class and official school activities, at the discretion of Centralia Public School staff.” School district Superintendent Steven Chancellor wrote in a Friday night email that Moore is not a current student.
Another man – Xander Cornwell, 19 — was arrested on suspicion of trespassing, according to a social media post from the Centralia Police Department. He is not listed on the Boone County Jail roster and charges have not been filed on Casenet. Police wrote in its social media post that three juveniles were also detained.
According to the probable cause statement, police were called to the school on Wednesday for a burglary that occurred Tuesday and Wednesday. Surveillance video allegedly showed four people without masks approach the building, but started wearing masks once they got to the agriculture wing of the building. They came back on Wednesday, the statement says.
Moore was identified “based on prior contact with law enforcement,” the statement says. The group allegedly picked up a box of calculators and started throwing them into a classroom, the statement says. They also caused additional damage, including kicking desks and hitting a camera and stealing a blanket, bottled water and yogurt, the statement says.
The group allegedly also made “crude drawings” on the walls.