STUDENTS TO PAY FOR SENIOR PRANK.Byline: - Lisa M. Sodders About 10 Chatsworth High School students will pay $4,000 restitution restitution n. 1) returning to the proper owner property or the monetary value of loss. Sometimes restitution is made part of a judgment in negligence and/or contracts cases. 2) in criminal cases, one of the penalties imposed is return of stolen goods to the victim or payment to the victim for harm caused. Restitution may be a condition of granting defendant probation or giving him/her a shorter sentence than normal. for a senior prank gone awry, school officials said Friday. Chatsworth High School officials discovered on June 14 that someone had painted orange and blue footprints with a foot-shaped sponge all over the sidewalks, benches and walls of the school. The vandalism cost just under $4,000 to remove. Principal Dan Wyatt had threatened that Friday's graduation ceremony would be ``altered'' if the pranksters didn't come forward, and by Sunday, the students responsible had started to contact him, he said. ``They were very remorseful and have agreed to pay restitution,'' Wyatt said. ``It was meant to be a prank, and they thought that water-based paint could be squirted off. What they didn't realize was that's what all the buildings are painted with, and once it hardens, it's on there.'' Sgt. Mike Bowman of the Los Angeles Unified School District police said the parents of the students will be billed for the damages. Wyatt said the students will each be assessed an equal amount. ``I'm extremely proud that they did come forward, because it shows the quality of their character,'' Wyatt said. |
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