"Devious Licks" TikTok challenge leaving bathrooms plundered in many schools across the nation

This article first appeared on CBS Minnesota

Minneapolis — A nationwide TikTok trend involving students stealing items from their schools and posting swaggering videos online afterward has prompted at least two Twin Cities schools to crack down this week, boosting security and surveillance.

In a statement to parents Thursday, Shakopee West Middle School officials said the social media-spurred thefts, known as "Devious Licks," have increased significantly in recent days, leaving bathrooms, in particular, damaged.