“Library of Chaos”: Florida Boys Wreck School, Moms Drop the Dime
Two Florida middle-schoolers thought they were starring in Jackass: Junior Edition when they trashed their elementary school’s library—causing $50,000 in damage—but the real plot twist? Their own moms marched them straight to the cops.
According to deputies in Deltona, the 12- and 13-year-olds broke into Friendship Elementary School not once but twice—first in broad daylight, then again around 1 a.m. like they were on some Mission: Impossible side quest. By the time law enforcement rolled up after a fire alarm went off, the media center looked like a post-apocalyptic Barnes & Noble: shattered glass, books ripped to confetti, tables flipped like WWE props, and graffiti everywhere.
Sheriff’s officials say the boys’ rampage was caught on surveillance cameras, and when the footage started making rounds, two Florida moms probably got that sick “wait… I know those idiots” feeling. Instead of covering for them, both women did the unthinkable—they turned their kids in. The boys reportedly confessed on the spot.
Now the duo is facing a rap sheet that sounds way too hardcore for seventh graders: burglary, criminal mischief, trespassing, and theft. Damage estimates clock in at more than $50K, mostly to the school’s media center, which is now basically an indoor demolition derby.
The internet, of course, is eating this up—half praising the moms for serving justice, half wondering how you even punish a kid who just wiped out an entire library. Grounding them? Nah, these boys are already grounded by the state.
Welcome to Florida, where children are safe from the books… but books are not safe from the children.