Category: High School Pranks

Bernie Madoff”s Palm Beach House Gets Toilet Papered
by Emily Friedlander
Blogs.WSJ.com
January 26, 2009

Covering a neighbor”s house in toilet paper is a time honored suburban prank “” typically used to up the stakes in a high-school rivalry or perhaps as a Halloween “trick.” Now the teens of Palm Beach, Fla., have found another reason to toss the Charmin “” losing their trust funds.

The Palm Beach Post reported Monday that the tree in front of Bernard Madoff”s Palm Beach home has been covered in toilet paper. Teenage boys claimed credit for the prank, according to the Post, saying they lost their trust funds in the Madoff scandal.

His Palm Beach home, which sits empty while Mr. Madoff is confined to his Park Avenue pad in Manhattan, is proving to be a tempting target for area pranksters: Just last month, the Palm Beach Post reports, someone swiped a $10,000 piece of bronze yard art from the property only to return it with a note: “Bernie the Swindler, Lesson: Return Stolen Property to rightful owners. Signed by – The Educators.”

Conn. Senior Prank/Protest Ends with Two Arrests
1010WINS
June 7, 2008

Westport, Conn. — Authorities apparently didn’t find a Connecticut high school student’s senior prank very amusing.

Sarah Friedson of Westport rode her sister’s pony to school Friday morning as both a prank and to protest the high price of gas, the 17-year-old said.

She hung a sign on the horse that read “Ride on ’08” and “Save Gas $.”

When she arrived on school property, accompanied by her father, Ronald who was trailing behind in his car, school officials told her police was on the way.

In the end, two arrests were made and Sarah was suspended and could miss finals, her prom and the senior class trip to the Six Flags amusement park in Agawam, Mass.

Ronald told the Connecticut Post he believes the treatment they received was revenge for previous conflicts he’s had with the Westport School District.

Both Sarah and her father are due in court next week, police said.

photo: HorseRetreats.com

Prank’s result not so funny
The Shelby News
May 17, 2008

MHS seniors arrested after alleged criminal mischief against teacher

Five Morristown High School seniors are being charged with criminal mischief and trespassing that allegedly occurred nearly two months ago at the Shelbyville home of one of their teachers.

According to police arrest reports, Robert D. Hart, Kodie D. Jenkins, Christopher L. Meador, Gregory P. Schmith II and Matthew R. Worton, all age 18 with Morristown addresses, were taken into custody Tuesday afternoon.

Four of the students were arrested at the high school, and a fifth was taken into custody at Blue River Career Center. A police van was used to pick up the students at the schools and transport them to jail.

They were taken to the Shelby County Criminal Justice Center and booked on charges of criminal trespassing and criminal mischief, both misdemeanors, and released after posting $100 bonds.

The student arrests were a result of a “yard forking” incident that allegedly took place late in the evening of March 20. According to local law enforcement authorities, yard forking is a prank in which hundreds of plastic forks are stuck into a victim’s yard, handles down and tines sticking up. Sometimes they are broken off at ground level, leaving the sharp, pointed and jagged handles barely sticking out of the ground. The prank involves watching the victim perform the tedious chore of removing them from the ground. Continue reading “Stick a Fork In It… It’s Done”