Hidden cell phone found in Portage High School locker room

PORTAGE, Mich. (WOOD) – Police are investigating after a hidden cell phone was found in a locker room at Portage Northern High School.

When the cell phone was discovered, Portage Public Schools district officials notified the Portage Department of Public Safety, which confiscated the phone. Police launched an investigation on October 5.

Both the victim and the suspect were teenagers, officials said. Officials did not say why the phone was placed there or what it may have recorded.

The investigations are still ongoing. Once completed, it will most likely be forwarded to the Kalamazoo County Attorney’s Office juvenile division for review, Portage Police said.

Anyone with information is asked to contact the Portage Department of Public Safety at 269.329.4567 Silent Observer at 269.343.2100.