A 14-year-old from Oak Harbor is facing stricter release conditions after prosecutors charged him with violation of an anti-harassment no contact order in Island County Juvenile Court Feb. 8.

The teenager was involved in a string of misdemeanors over the last several months, including one instance of malicious mischief in the third degree and two instances of assault in the fourth degree, according to court documents. He was one of five teenagers accused of beating up a peer at the Oak Harbor skate park in October in an incident that spread across social media, documents indicate.

A police report states that the teenager violated a no-contact order by reaching out to one of his assault victims via a third party. The report says that the teen walked by a friend of the victim’s in town and told her to tell the victim “hi” from him. The friend, concerned for the safety of the victim, phoned the victim’s mother to inform her of the incident, the report states.

By breaking the no-contact order, the respondent violated the terms of release for his previous crimes. In all three cases, he was released on his own recognizance on the condition that he attend school without any unexcused absences, check in regularly with his probation counselor, refrain from further criminal activity and, in the two assault cases, have no contact with the victims, according to court documents.

After failing to attend school or maintain contact with his probation counselor, the respondent was detained for a week on $500 bail. After being released, he began to check in with his counselor more regularly, court documents indicate. His family transferred him to the Sedro Wooley school district, where his attendance improved, though he remained in non-compliance with the release conditions by continuing to have unexcused absences approximately once per week, according to court documents.

Because his violation of the no contact order constitutes a new crime, however, it is a violation of the conditions of release for all three of his previous misdemeanors. Because his school attendance was improving, prosecutors did not ask the court to revise the conditions of the teenager’s release despite his not being in total compliance to afford him the opportunity to show continued improvement, court documents state.

After the no contact order violation, however, prosecutors asked the court to revise release conditions and impose bail.