MARYSVILLE — Two young men were arrested Aug. 5 in connection with a burglary at Totem Middle School.

They were trying to steal electronics from the school, and they also painted racial slurs there, Marysville police Cmdr. Jeff Goldman said. People were at the school painting over the slurs in the afternoon.

Officers caught the pair, both 18, after an alarm was tripped at the school at 1:10 a.m., Goldman said. One is from Marysville, and the other’s residence was unclear.

Both were booked into the Snohomish County Jail for investigation of second-degree burglary and first-degree malicious mischief. The damage could surpass $1,500, Goldman said.