Fenton Teens Arrested on Charges of Stealing K2

While Gov. Rick Snyder is expected to sign into law a ban on K2/Spice Tuesday, a couple of Fenton teenagers tried to get their hands on some of the synthetic drug.

Fenton Police Chief Rick Aro said two Fenton males, ages 17 and 19, were arrested on charges of breaking and entering after they crawled through a vent at on the 2800 block of Silver Lake Road and took 30 containers of K2, three pipes and some cash.

Police responded to the scene after an entry alarm around 4 a.m. June 16 at the business and saw two males behind the store in the field. The suspects ran when they saw the lights and police said they could not locate them.

Police found two abandoned bikes at the scene, however, and Aro said an officer recognized the bikes from making contact with the two teens while they were riding earlier that day and a few days earlier when police said the suspects had been smoking K2 at after hours.

Aro said police knew where the suspects lived and searched the area between the store and the residence and located the suspects near Poplar Street and North Road. Aro said the suspects carried a duffel bag containing the stolen items. He said the males later admitted to the theft.

Critics of the synthetic drug known as have been calling for a statewide ban on the substance, which can have powerful side effects.

Today, Snyder is expected to sign into law a ban on the drug, which has been sold legally because it is marketed as herbal incense or potpourri and is labeled "not for human consumption."

Many parents have expressed concern about . Most notably,, 19, of Farmington Hills is believed to have been high on synthetic marijuana in April when he was accused of attacking his family,.

Aro recently sent out a letter to area businesses asking for cooperation in preventing the sale of the . The notice came after an incident on Memorial Day where Aro said a 14-year-old Fenton boy met some strangers at who offered him a sample of what they said was , which later led to a verbal and then physical dispute between the boy and his parents and the boy being hospitalized.