High schoolers were sick and tired of someone stealing money from their lockers, so they took action. But will their school end up punishing them? 

Students at North Marion High School in Citra, FL, complained about money and other valuables disappearing from their gym lockers. School officials heard the complaints, but couldn’t solve the problem.

So some kid set up a cell phone camera inside a locker, hoping it would capture the sticky-fingered thief in action.

Bingo! Turns out portly physical education teacher Steven Simmons couldn’t keep his hands out of students’ lockers.

The students presented the principal with their video evidence. At first Simmons denied it — until he saw the video. Then he confessed.

No good deed unpunished

Now that the school has egg on its face, an unnamed school official hints that the students could be disciplined! Students are prohibited from using their cell phones during the day and the teen who set up the cell phone broke the rule.

We think the Good Samaritan rule should apply here — and some old-fashioned common sense.

Care to share your view? We’d like to hear it.

Tags: Cell Phones, citra, Florida, north marion high school, privacy, stealing, steven simmons, theft