SOUTH PORTLAND — The South Portland Police Department says they arrested two teens early Friday morning outside Long Creek Youth Development Center with BB guns that were meant to look like real firearms.

Police say they received a call from the staff at Long Creek Youth Development Center around 6 a.m. about a suspicious van in their parking lot.

Police say the staff also indicted they saw a firearm in the hand of the driver of the van.

When officers arrived, they arrested two teens. Police say they seized two BB guns that were meant to look like real firearms.

Police say the van the teens were in was reported stolen from Bangor.

It is not known what they were doing at Long Creek Youth Development Center, according to police.

Police say 18-year-old Brenden Fuller was charged with unauthorized use of a motor vehicle, criminal trespassing and threatening display of a firearm.

A 17-year-old juvenile was also arrested and taken to Long Creek Youth Development Center. He was charged with unauthorized use of a motor vehicle and criminal trespassing.

The case is under investigation.


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