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Article: 18 TEENS CHARGED IN SCAVENGER HUNT.(NEWS)
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- The Kentucky Post (Covington, KY)
- Article date:
- May 16, 1996
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Byline: John C.K. Fisher, Post staff reporter
What began Wednesday night as a scavenger hunt by students from Holy Cross High School in Covington ended this morning with seven arrests and 22 citations on trespassing, receiving stolen property and curfew violations.
Covington Assistant Chief Steve Schmidt said police received word of the scavenger hunt from residents who spotted juveniles running through their neighborhoods before midnight and swiping things like lawn ornaments, flags, bird baths and license plates.
''So many items were taken we had to haul them to the police garage,'' Schmidt said.
The chief said he had heard of other ...