Crime & Safety
Whitman Student Allegedly Robbed Fellow Student in School Bathroom
Police say a student shoved another student into a school bathroom and stole money.
Montgomery County Police say a 16-year-old Walt Whitman High School student pushed a fellow student into a school bathroom and stole his money. The incident occurred Feb. 8.
According to police spokeswoman Officer Rebecca Innocenti, the student and the victim, also a 16-year-old Whitman student, were walking down a school hallway around 7:44 a.m. when the boy grabbed the victim by his outer clothing and pushed him into a bathroom.
Innocenti said the student searched through the victim's pockets and stole money.
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The student was arrested at school and brought to the Second District Police station for processing, Innocenti said. He was charged with robbery, second-degree assault and theft under $100 and was released to his guardians.
The robbery was the second report of violence in a Bethesda high school this month. On Feb. 6, a Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School student was charged with second-degree assault after he allegedly punched a fellow student in a school stairwell.
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