Pickens County Sheriff’s Office Charges Two Juveniles In Relation To Damage To School Bus Wednesday
(Seneca, SC)————–The Pickens County Sheriff’s Office announced yesterday charges against two juveniles, ages 15 and 11, with one count each of Malicious Injury to Personal Property, Assault and Battery – 2nd Degree and Interfering with the Operations of a School Bus, following an investigation into a incident involving a school bus that was reported Wednesday afternoon.
The incident occurred on Birdwell Drive in Six Mile in which a window to the school bus was damaged.
According to the press release from the Sheriff’s Office, detectives identified two juveniles involved in the incident after interviews with individuals in the area.
Based upon evidence gathered as a result of the investigation, the evidence corroborated initial thoughts that the window was damaged after being shot by an air gun that uses compressed air cartridges as the propellant for shooting small pellets or BB’s.
The investigation, according to the press release, determined that shots were fired at close range from a wooded area just off the roadway as the bus passed by. No injuries were reported in the incident and no information has been uncovered that the incident was directed at a particular student but rather that it was a spontaneous decision, according to the Sheriff’s Office.
Both juveniles have been released to the custody of their parents and the case will be adjudicated in Family Court.
The investigation is continuing by the Pickens County Sheriff’s Office and detectives have not ruled out the possibility of filing additional charges in the case.