These are two separate cases of graffiti in the bathrooms at the high school, each disturbing in their own way and both ending in felony charges against students.
School officials say one student drew a picture of a gun and wrote threats on bathroom walls at Kingwood High School. That student was in court to hear the charge against him -- a 3rd degree felony of exhibition of a firearm -- for the threatening graffiti police believe he drew on the walls of a Kingwood High School bathroom.
Derick Richard Montelongo, a senior at Kingwood High, is behind bars on a $250,000 bond. If he is released, he will have to wear a GPS monitor and have no contact with the officer that prosecutors say he threatened at the high school.
Last Wednesday, prosecutors say Montelongo drew a picture of a gun pointing to a stick figure with the name Officer West, saying kill Officer West and "shoot everyone at 3:07."
Assistant District Attorney Mary McFaden said, "Any type of threat in this day and age, whether or not officer or civilian, we take any complainant as serious as another."
In a separate incident just two days later on December 14, student Trent McKay Skinner was arrested for a similar offense. Police believe he scrawled neo-Nazi symbols on bathroom walls and referred to the Aryan Brotherhood of Texas. Skinner is charged with graffiti on school property.
Kingwood High School put a note out to parents saying the Montelongo situation was taken care of immediately and involved no real weapons.
"Last week, two boys' restrooms were defaced with graffiti that was offensive and threatening. The graffiti in one of the restrooms included a drawing of a gun and a message against police and the school. Acting immediately, we were able to quickly identify the student involved and conduct a search to determine that this was a case of vandalism with no actual weapons involved. We then worked with Humble ISD Police and the Harris County District Attorney's Office to ensure that the incident was appropriately addressed. That investigation resulted today in the arrest of two students, who each face a charge related to defacing school property with graffiti. Our school will not tolerate vandalism, graffiti, threatening or offensive messages. Thank you for your support of a safe and positive school environment."
In both cases, surveillance video showed the suspects going into the restrooms, and police discovered drawings of the graffiti on the students.
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