Comparisons of events like this to violent crime often seem inaccurate. A better comparison is removing 10 people's lunch money from their school lockers, mayb

Comparisons of events like this to violent crime often seem inaccurate. A better comparison is removing 10 people's lunch money from their school lockers, maybe due to a careless sequential scheme of creating combinations, and giving the money back. And doing this before talking to the principal or any teacher. Either way, he still should have contacted them before.