Rampaging Florida boys cause $50K in damages to school library — and are turned in by their own moms: cops

NY Post ^ | 9/15/25 | Shane Galvin

[Libloather]

This is the wrong kind of book cracking.

Two rotten Florida boys allegedly caused over $50,000 in damages to their school library — and were turned in to police by their own moms, according to officials.

The alleged bad seeds were identified as 12-year-old Felix Cohen Romero and 13-year-old Bentley Ryan Wehrly, who confessed to the outrageous vandalism of the Friendship Elementary library in Deltona, according to a Facebook post from the Volusia Sheriff’s Office.

Chaotic bodycam footage posted to Facebook Sunday showed officers responding to a fire alarm at 1 a.m. — guns drawn as they stumbled through a maze of detritus strewn across several rooms in the quaint school library.

A glass door was shattered, the media center was vandalized, furniture was broken and books were tossed every which way while graffiti was scrawled on doors, the video showed.

The two punks were shown on video surveillance right before breaking into the library, with one boy donning a Monster Energy drink hat and both wearing masks, according to images released by the Volusia Sheriff’s Office.

The hellions then returned to admire their alleged work — and to do some more damage — late Sunday night, setting off the fire alarm in the process, cops stated.

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TOPICS: Books/Literature; Education; History; Local News
KEYWORDS: florida; library; mom; school

[Libloather]

After the video was posted, the mothers of the two boys ratted them out, putting them on the hook for the massive repair bill.

Florida boys. They now have mugshots. Thanks mom.

[frank ballenger]

I though the public was supposed to be prevented from hearing the names of juvenile offenders.

We ARE permitted to be cut up, raped or killed by the perps.

[dfwgator]

[Diana in Wisconsin]

12 and 13 years old. @#$%^&!

Do these boys have FATHERS? No mentioned in the article...

[Diana in Wisconsin]

FAFO! LOL!

[econjack]

As soon as I read that their moms turned them in, I knew who didn't do it.

[Larry Lucido]

[nfldgirl]

I see what you did there! 😏

[Ronaldus Magnus III]

Well....... If they are in juvenile hall at the moment, the moms should pack up and move.

The jail cannot release them to an empty home. They could be placed in group homes, care homes, with GPS ankle monitors.

If you cut off or tamper with the GPS, off you go behind bars.

[No name given]

No wonder these lads are delinquents.

[No name given]

Excellent suggestion!

[Liz]

[Songcraft]

[SmokingJoe]

I take it you'd have let them get away with destroying $50,000 worth of property and done nothing about It, yes?

[Does so]

First offense?

[DannyTN]

[tet68]

Dead eyes, like a dolls or a shark.
Bet we will read about them in the future...

[tet68]

Dead eyes, like a dolls or a shark.
Bet we will read about them in the future...

[ncalburt]

Very true .

[NonValueAdded]

Confidential to feral youts: don your mask before you enter into the camera range.