{"id":1151,"date":"2026-09-28T12:10:05","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T12:10:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alirthmedia.com\/?p=1151"},"modified":"2026-09-28T12:10:05","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T12:10:05","slug":"teen-arrested-after-allegedly-causing-10000-in-damage-tied-to-door-kick-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alirthmedia.com\/?p=1151","title":{"rendered":"Teen arrested after allegedly causing $10,000 in damage tied to \u2018Door Kick Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"

PHOENIX (AZFamily\/Gray News) \u2014 A teenager who caused $10,000 in damage to a Phoenix home as part of the viral \u201cDoor Kick Challenge\u201d has been arrested, police said Thursday.<\/p>\n

Investigators said the unidentified 14-year-old boy was arrested Sept. 13 and booked into the Durango Juvenile Detention Facility.<\/p>\n

According to police, the 14-year-old and another underage suspect arrived at the house near 44th Street and Thunderbird Road on Sept. 12 about 6:30 a.m. in a stolen red Ford truck.<\/p>\n

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The 14-year-old boy was arrested on Sept. 13.<\/span>(Phoenix Police Department)<\/p>\n

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Ring video shows the two boys opening the family\u2019s front gate as they try to cover their faces. One of them kicked the front door before they took off.<\/p>\n

The family said the door is custom-built and will need to be completely remade at a cost of around $10,000.<\/p>\n

The incident was part of the \u201cDoor Kick Challenge,\u201d which encourages young people to kick front doors and record it for online attention, police said.<\/p>\n

Investigators said they identified the 14-year-old and later confirmed the truck they were in was reported stolen from Scottsdale. Detectives said they also discovered evidence linking him to another stolen car.<\/p>\n

Police did not say what led them to the suspect. He faces one count of criminal damage and one count of unlawful use of transportation.<\/p>\n

Investigators did not release any information about the second person involved.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis case demonstrates strong collaboration between multiple agencies and investigative units, resulting in the swift identification and arrest of the subject,\u201d a Phoenix police spokesperson said.<\/p>\n

Police are urging parents and guardians to talk with their kids about the consequences of taking part in dangerous online trends, and are asking community members to report suspicious activity.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

PHOENIX (AZFamily\/Gray News) \u2014 A teenager who caused $10,000 in damage to a Phoenix home as part of the viral \u201cDoor Kick Challenge\u201d has been arrested, police said Thursday. Investigators said the unidentified 14-year-old boy was arrested Sept. 13 and booked into the Durango Juvenile Detention Facility. According to police, the 14-year-old and another underage…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1152,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"default","_kad_post_title":"default","_kad_post_layout":"default","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"default","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"default","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1151","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alirthmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1151","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alirthmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alirthmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alirthmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alirthmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1151"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/alirthmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1151\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1153,"href":"https:\/\/alirthmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1151\/revisions\/1153"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alirthmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1152"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alirthmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1151"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alirthmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1151"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alirthmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}