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The Parkviewer Parkview High School Springfield, MO
Issue Date: Friday, January 28, 2011 Issue: Volume 47, Issue 5 Last Update: Friday, February 18, 2011
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At-a-glance

Car smashes into two of Parkview’s  entrances, causes severe damage to doors
Fixed! The North entrance of the building’s new door makes it seem as if the destruction never happened.The doors were replaced the week of Thanksgiving break. - Katie Washington
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 When walking by the entrance near the counselor’s offices, new glass doors have replaced the wood that boarded up the gaping hole once present.

Two of the entrances to the school were damaged after a silver Chevrolet drove up the walkway and repeatedly smashed into the doors.

Khelawan Binesh, 36, and Lana Aberle, 17, were arrested on school property after Springfield and school police responded to the early morning alarms.

“The destruction took place at around 2 a.m. that morning,” Police officer Matt Brown said. “They smashed the car into the entrance. They didn’t get the car all the way through, but they caused enough damage that they could get inside of the building.”

After damaging the doors, Binesh and Aberle allegedly came into the school and tried to break into the school store.

“We caught them on the security cameras kicking the front of the display case, hoping to shatter the glass,” Cindy Shannon, marketing teacher at Parkview, said. “They thankfully did not succeed in breaking the glass, so nothing was taken.”

According to Shannon, there will be new measures in place to better protect the school store.

“Keeping your business inventory safe and secure is crucial in business,” Shannon said. “Inventory represents profit, so we will definitely take additional measures.”

According to Shannon, the reason they may have went for the school store was because it was “immediate and visible.”

After they tried to rob the school store, Binesh and Aberle reportedly went back out to their car and sat in the parking lot.

“The suspects were found in the school parking lot, sitting in the car that they crashed into the building with,” Brown said.

Aberle was charged with three counts of first-degree property damage, tampering with a motor vehicle, and second-degree burglary. Binesh was charged with two counts of property damage and one count of burglary.

 Aberle and Binesh were not  cooperative when they were being questioned, according to Brown.

“The suspects were uncooperative and would not explain why they committed the destruction,” Brown said. “They gave the police no insight.”

The two entrances that were damaged were fixed the week of Thanksgiving break.


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