Crime & Safety

Student Robbed At Knifepoint By Classmates In Bowie HS Bathroom: Police

A student was robbed at knifepoint by two classmates in a bathroom at Bowie High School Thursday afternoon, according to police.

BOWIE, MD — A student reported being robbed while in the bathroom at Bowie High School Thursday afternoon.

The student told the Bowie Police Department's school resource officer that around 12:30 p.m., two students approached the student - one had a knife - and demanded he give them his cell phone. They then used it to transfer funds, according to Bowie Police.

The SRO and responded Bowie police officers quickly apprehended one suspect and identified the second one. The police department's investigation into the robbery led them to remove the second suspect from campus.

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All three individuals involved in the incident are Bowie High School students. The student who was arrested will be charged as an adult, the police department said. Investigators said the student robbery isn't connected to the one that happened Oct. 8 near campus.

Anyone with information about the incident is asked to contact the Bowie Police Department at 240-544-5700.

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