Friday, December 16th 2016, 10:12 am
Two teenagers have pled guilty to one count of arson for burning a Twin Hills school bus in August, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma.
Garrett Lee Raynor, 19, of Bixby, and Joshua Scott Coppedge, 19, of Glenpool, were arrested following the August 23, 2016, incident when the pair, along with Devin Lee Riggins, 18, of Bixby, and a juvenile, stole two buses from the Twin Hills School District, drove them to a wooded area and set them on fire, police said.
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Raynor and Coppedge face five to 20 years in prison and up to a $250,000 fine, or both, the U.S. Attorney wrote in a news release.
Raynor and Coppedge "maliciously damaged, destroyed and attempted to damage and destroy, by means of fire, a 2010 Bluebird school bus," according to the indictment.
The arson charge was filed after a joint investigation by the Okmulgee County Sheriff's Office and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
Both Raynor and Coppedge will remain in custody pending their sentencing hearing, the U.S. Attorney's office said.
Riggins was due in court for a preliminary hearing December 15 in Okmulgee County, where he faces larceny of an automobile and arson charges, according to online court records. He was charged in September.
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