Two 15-year-olds have been detained in connection with a viral “door kick challenge” incident captured on a Valencia doorbell camera.
Detectives with the Juveniles and Gangs (JAG) Team identified and detained two local 15-year-old boys in connection with one of the criminal reports associated with the “Door Kick Challenge,” according to a Tuesday Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station social media post.
The incident occurred in Valencia and involved a social media trend in which participants record themselves kicking or attempting to kick in the front doors of homes before running away and posting the videos online.
Over the past two months, about a dozen of these door-kicking incidents have been reported in the Santa Clarita Valley, resulting in property damage.
“This is not a harmless prank. Kicking someone’s front door can cause significant property damage and quickly escalate into a dangerous situation because the homeowner has no way of knowing whether someone is attempting to break in,” according to the social media post.
Both juveniles are facing felony vandalism charges.
“Social media trends move on. Criminal charges don’t. Make smart choices,” the post stated.
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Only way to stop this nonsense is to force the teenagers and their parents to pay for all damages, after doing time in jail. The lack of accountability is creating social monsters immersed in idiotic criminality!
Let them stay a month in a juvenile work camp and pay for the damages. Crime and TikTok challenges don’t pay. If they miss some school put it in their records why.