Taylor Police Report Arrests and Suspensions After Two Fights at Taylor High School

Taylor police say they made several arrests after two separate fights broke out at Taylor High School earlier this week, one on Monday and another on Tuesday.

Lieutenant Josh Schneider said two male students were arrested after the Monday fight and later released to their parents. They could face misdemeanor charges, though the cases had not yet been sent to the prosecutor's office.

Later that evening, around 11 p.m., police were called to the area of Van Born and Beech Daly for a report of a suspicious vehicle. Schneider said officers arrested three men who were in the car with four illegally possessed weapons. One was an automatic weapon and the other three were handguns. One of the weapons had been reported stolen.

The men were around 18 and 19 years old, and two of them were former students, according to Schneider. Police said one of the men claimed to be a friend of a student involved in the fight at the school earlier that day. He told police the student had been threatened by other students and had called the men to come to the house.

The Wayne County Prosecutor's Office denied the charges, and all three men have since been released.

In the separate fight on Tuesday, police said two female students were arrested and released. They could also face misdemeanor charges.

School Resource Officer David Denlar told Local 4 that around five or six students were suspended after Monday's fight and at least four after Tuesday's.

In a letter to parents on Wednesday, Taylor High School Principal Daniel Berry addressed the fights and said police were present during one of the incidents to contain the situation. He asked parents to encourage their children to stay out of such conflicts.

"The behavior that follows a physical altercation is just as concerning as the altercation itself," Berry wrote. "Threats, text messages, social media posts, online harassment, and continued exchanges between students can reignite conflicts and cause situations to escalate long after the initial incident has ended."