Police arrest ‘urban explorers’ in break-ins at 2 Cleveland schools

CLEVELAND (WJW) — Cleveland police earlier this week arrested three Ohio residents — self-styled “urban explorers” — they said were caught on camera breaking into two former Cleveland school buildings.

Cleveland Metropolitan School District security officers reported the sightings to Cleveland police on Monday, July 13, according to a news release.

The buildings were the former Kenneth W. Bennett School, 14311 Woodworth Ave., and Euclid Park School, 17914 Euclid Ave.

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Police responded to both buildings, but the suspects weren’t there, according to the release. The Real Time Crime Center confirmed a vehicle had been spotted leaving the parking lots of both schools and provided a description of both suspects…

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