Teens plead guilty to $200,000 worth of school vandalism

CONYERS - Two teen-agers have pleaded guilty to vandalism at a Rockdale County school, causing more than $200,000 in damage. <br> <br> Rex Terry Newman Jr., 17, and Bryan Lee Grantham, 15, admitted trashing J.H. House Elementary School on July 23, just two weeks before classes were to begin. <br> <br> Entering through a skylight, they smashed televisions and computers, shattered glass doors, and tossed furniture through display cases filled with trophies. <br> <br> The teens, who were former J.H. House students, coated it all, including 12,000 library books, with a yellow phosphate residue of seven fire extinguishers they sprayed throughout the building. <br> <br> Newman and Grantham have been jailed since summer and are charged as adults. Grantham is the grandson of state Rep. Barbara Bunn, R-Conyers. <br> <br> The teens are expected to be sentenced by Superior Court Judge Sidney Nation in the next few weeks. They face sentences of up to 25 years in prison.