A North Penn High School graduate has been charged with a misdemeanor by Towamencin police for allegedly pulling the fire alarm at the school in September.

Kilmer Raul Reyes Amaya, 18, of Hatfield Village Apartments, 2058 Maple Ave., Hatfield, was charged with false alarm to a public safety agency, according to court documents.

On Sept. 23 at 11:49 a.m., police responded to an active fire alarm at the high school at 1340 Valley Forge Road, which required the evacuation of the entire school and a response from the Towamencin Vol. Fire Co.

Police said school security informed them they had video footage of the student activating the alarm, identified as Reyes Amaya.

Footage shows a man wearing a white shirt, blue sweatpants and white shoes in the C-pod lobby at 11:46 a.m., police said, identified as Reyes Amaya, near the fire alarm that went off. In the footage, police said Reyes Amaya walked into a stairwell entrance out of sight, then ducked his head several times before quickly walking into view and down the hall.

He turns the corner at the end of the hall and is safe again, police said. As he walks out of view of the camera, teachers and students begin to leave their classrooms due to a fire alarm, according to the complaint.

Camera footage from the stairwell, police say, shows the defendant sitting alone for several minutes before raising the alarm.

Police spoke to Reyes Amaya in the security office, but he only spoke Spanish and a Spanish teacher was asked to assist with the translation, according to the affidavit.

Reyes Amaya told police he was in the area but did not raise the alarm, police said. When told there was video of him standing next to the alarm when it went off, Reyes Amaya told police he had lunch in the cafeteria before the alarm went off. He then walked past the alarm when it went off, he allegedly told police.

Reyes Amaya said he walked past the alarm and did not touch it, and that there must have been something wrong with the alarm for it to go off, according to the complaint.

A preliminary hearing is scheduled for Nov. 13 at 11:30 a.m. before Magisterial District Judge Ed Levine.

All suspects and defendants are innocent until proven guilty. This story was compiled using public court records.