ARRESTS MADE IN CLAY HIGH SCHOOL I-PAD THEFTS

(12/20/2013)
Clay County authorities say a substitute custodian and a juvenile accomplice stole 27 iPads from an unsecured storage locker at Clay County High School.

Joseph Jarrett, 23, of Bickmore, was charged Wednesday with receiving and transferring stolen property, illegal entry into a building and conspiracy to commit a felony.

State Police went to Jarrett's house and he admitted to the thefts, according to the criminal complaint.

Police say Jarrett and a 16-year-old male allegedly took four iPads and four chargers and put them inside a garbage bag to hide them from school security cameras.

Jarrett told troopers he and the boy entered the school without permission again on Dec. 11 and stole another 23 iPads.

The iPads were valued at $700 each.

A juvenile petition was filed against the teen for his role.