Men Arraigned on Charges of Entering Hopkins School, Theft of Dodge Ball, Rubber Bands

A Hopkinton patrol officer responded to a report of an alarm sounding at Hopkins School Sunday night, and pulled around to the back of the elementary school. There, he saw three young men walking away from the building, according to a police report filed in Framingham District Court.

One of the men, later identified as Daniel F. Clark, 21, was carrying a rubber 'Dodge' ball. "I asked him where he got it, and he stated the school," wrote officer Matthew McNeil, in his report.

The rubber ball, along with a roll of masking tape and a package of rubber bands — worth a combined $16 — resulted in misdemeanor theft charges for Clark and his two companions Sunday night, according to the police report, filed in court.

But the three men also were charged with a felony count — breaking and entering in the nighttime for a felony — after they signed statements that indicated they crawled through a window and entered the school. The police officer responded to the alarm set off about 10:40 p.m. Sunday.

According to court records:

Clark, 21, of 10 Weybridge Ln., Hopkinton, was arraigned Tuesday on charges of trespassing, felony breaking and entering at night and larceny under $250.
Kelley William DiMascio, 21, of 18 Hayden Rowe St., Hopkinton, was arraigned on charges of trespassing, felony breaking and entering at night and two counts of larceny under $250.
Joseph Keith Yuele, 20, of 2 James Rd., Upton, was arraigned on charges of trespassing and felony breaking and entering at night.

Each is represented by a private attorney. They were released on personal recognizance and will next appear in court on Sept. 17.

According to the police statement, Clark told the responding officer that all three had entered the school, after finding an open window in the cafeteria. Once inside, they went into the gymnasium and found the ball, and the rubber bands, in a supply closet. DiMascio told police that they initially were on the roof, according to the report, but that they had no intention of stealing anything inside the school.

In his statement, Yuele wrote that he initially didn't want to enter the building. "saying it was a bad idea. And I knew the outcome of going into the school."

A police sergeant went into the school and found nothing else out of place, according to the report.