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Students charged after bronze bull prank

TAMPA, Fla. (UPI) -- Five teens have been charged with grand theft after they admitted stealing a 400-pound bronze bull from a Valrico, Fla., high school, police said.

The teenagers, described by police as 16- and 17-year-old students from Brandon and Plant City high schools, told investigators they took the statue from Bloomingdale High School and had planned to have the bull waiting for Bloomingdale's football team when they faced off against Brandon High School, the St. Petersburg (Fla.) Times reported.

Investigators said the students told them they were inspired to perform the stunt after watching an MTV program about high school pranks.

"They were contrite and apologetic," Hillsborough County sheriff's spokesman J.D. Callaway said. "All of them said they didn't think it would come to their arrest."

School district spokesman Steve Hegarty said administrators were not planning to discipline the students because they were arrested.

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This news arrived on: 08/05/2008

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