Perpetrator Enters King Middle School Monday AM

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At 8:48 am on Monday, May 15, 2023, officers were dispatched to King Middle School for a report of a suspicious man who had entered the building.  Upon arrival police were directed to the individual who was now in the vicinity of the Deering Oaks Park entrance according to the press release issued by the Police Department yesterday afternoon.  An investigation revealed that the perpetrator entered the girl’s bathroom, where he offered a female student hypodermic needles.

Jacob Horwitch, of Portland, was arrested and charged with Criminal Trespass, Violation of Privacy and Refusing to Submit to Arrest or Detention, Physical Force.