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Middle schoolers arrested in ID theft case

TALLAHASSEE, Fla., June 4 (UPI) -- Two Florida school girls were among four suspects arrested in the identity thefts of 12 substitute teachers, the Tallahassee Democrat reported Friday.

The four, including the two girls who attended Nims Middle School, were arrested Thursday and charged with stealing the identities of a dozen substitute teachers to pay for $5,000 worth of phones, food, clothes and toys, a Leon County Sheriff's Office investigator said.

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One or both of the teenagers apparently shared information from a substitute teacher sign-in book at the school with two adults who shared their home.

The relationships of the four to each other was not disclosed.

Tjuana Larissa Warren and Fredrick Lamar Andrews, both 33, each were charged with the criminal use of personal identification, contributing to the delinquency of a minor, grand theft and organizing a scheme to defraud.

The 14-year-old and 15-year-old girls were taken to the Juvenile Assessment Center, while Warren and Andrews were taken to the Leon County Jail, where they each were being held on $40,500 bail.

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