Break-in at Willow Wind school in Ashland likely juveniles, investigators say

Published 10:07 am Thursday, January 18, 2024

Unknown individuals broke into Willow Wind school in Ashland and took nothing, but did leave behind cocoa mix powder and muddy footprints.

The break-in was discovered Tuesday morning, Jan. 16, at Willow Wind Community Learning Center at 1497 East Main St. Ashland police officers were dispatched to the scene at 10:29 and officers were on scene at 10:32 a.m., said Ashland Police Chief Tighe O’Meara.

“Looks like it was juveniles. Nothing taken, no video, no alarm, no suspects,” he said.

An obsidian rock was used to break a window at the school. A muddy footprint was found on a table and cocoa mix powder had been dumped on the floor in the barn building, he said.

The school, a public K–12 alternative program sponsored by the Ashland School District, is in a remote part of Ashland. Willow Wind school has not experienced this activity before, he said.

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