A 14-year -old who ran away from home will be petitioned to juvenile court after allegedly breaking into Chaloner Middle School and a building on Gowen Oil property.

Tuesday morning Roanoke Rapids police received a call around 6:25 that a large double paned window at the school had been shattered. Investigating officers found a rock inside the building and blood on the inside and outside of a small opening, according to Captain Andy Jackson.

Later that morning police received a call of a break-in at Gowen Oil Company and found the juvenile sleeping.

Investigators determined from the cuts on the hand the boy had broken into the school. Jackson said the boy reportedly told Detective Jeff Baggett he had broken into the school to get something to eat.

The boy was placed in his mother's custody. Jackson said officers described the home the boy ran away from as being a nice home.