FLORISSANT • Two Hazelwood Central students are charged with robbing another student at knifepoint in the high school bathroom.

Jalen P. Hayes, 18, of the 5000 block of Trailbent Drive, and Christopher E. Taylor II, 18, of the 14500 block of Arpent Court, were charged Monday with first-degree robbery and armed criminal action.

Court documents state that both men confessed robbing another student of his money on April 8 in a bathroom at Hazelwood Central, 15875 New Halls Ferry Road.

Police confirmed that the suspects and the victim were all students. Both men were held in lieu of $75,000 bail.

"We would like to take this opportunity to ask parents to help us maintain safe schools by reminding their child that weapons or toys that resemble a weapon are not allowed on school grounds or on the school bus, at any time," Kimberly McKenzie, Hazelwood School District communications director, said in a statement. "We believe that working together will help to strengthen school safety."

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