BERNE — Three students were arrested for allegedly breaking into Berne-Knox-Westerlo’s secondary school early Saturday morning, costing the district several thousand dollars in damage and stolen items, according to the Albany County Sheriff’s Office.

Noah J. Pepicelli, 16, of 11 Pine Park Road in Berne, and Dylan D. Throneberg, 16, of 143 Brookhaven Drive in East Berne, were arrested on March 21 for three felonies — third-degree burglary, second-degree criminal mischief, and fourth-degree grand larceny — and two misdemeanors — petit larceny and fifth-degree conspiracy.

A younger suspect, unnamed in the arrest report, was also implicated in the break-in and sent to the Capital District Juvenile Secure Detention Facility.

Around 8 a.m., Peter Shunney, the district’s building and maintenance supervisor, found the main-office door was damaged, as was another door inside, where petty cash is held, the sheriff’s office arrest reports say. Surveillance video, pieced together with Mackenzie Hempstead, an employee in the district’s technology department, showed the students using a floor cleaner to ram several doors in the building.

The three students were found at Pepicelli’s home at Pine Park Road, the reports say.

“I would have to stress the importance of learning from the mistakes of others because we don’t have all the time in our lives to make all these mistakes on our own,” said Andrew Wright, a BKW social studies teacher, of what he has said to students who have talked about the break-in. Wright was called in to help police identify the students Saturday morning.

He added, “To have examples right in front of us is unfortunate, but it solidifies right from wrong.”

Ten door handles, two steel doors, and the cleaning machine were damaged, the reports say.

William DeVoe, public relations officer for the district, wrote in an email to The Enterprise that the floor cleaner was taken from a locked janitor’s closet.

In total, six iPads were taken from the school and the non-perishable foods damaged or stolen were part of a food-pantry collection by the school’s Key Club, according to DeVoe.

“The district is investigating how the perpetrators gained access to the building and will review its security protocols accordingly,” DeVoe wrote in an email.

Pepicelli and Throneberg were arraigned in Berne Town Court under Judge Alan Zuk. Each paid $500 bail.