STUART — A teen faces a grand theft charge after allegedly admitting he stole his high school’s yearbooks and sold some of them.

Martin County High School Assistant Principal Jack Valerio told Martin County sheriff’s deputies that eight of the yearbooks had been stolen out of the gym’s concession stand area earlier this month.

The 17-year-old boy told Valerio that he was the one who had taken the books – valued at $85 each – and sold a couple of them, according to a sheriff’s report. The teen agreed to return the books back to the school.

Valerio contact sheriff’s officials and the teen was charged with grand theft.