Three Radford men have been charged in connection with the vandalism of the city's new elementary school.

Marshall David Williams, Andrew Preston Black and William Russell Price, all 20, are charged with breaking and entering with intent to commit a felony, grand larceny, felony property damage and underage possession of alcohol, according to a news release from city spokeswoman Becky Hawke.

They were caught at the school just before midnight Saturday after a resident reporting seeing three people inside the new Belle Heth Elementary School, Hawke said.

The men are charged with ripping several video projectors from the ceiling with the intent to steal them, Hawke said. Also, she said, two air conditioning units on the roof were overturned.

An estimate of the damage caused has not yet been completed.

The new $17.6 million school is for grades three through six. Radford students start classes Aug. 31.

-- Shawna Morrison