The Orlando’s sherriff’s department is warning parents that so-called harmless pranks could result in felony charges or even death after two teens kicked on the wrong door. What started off as a simple TikTok trend ended with a stranger’s door being knocked off the hinges, and according to Florida’s “Stand Your Ground” law, the incident could’ve taken a deadly turn.

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It all started when two teens, Jeffery Merthie, 15, and Zahmarii Reddick, 13, were spotted on ring camera footage approaching a stranger’s house in a DeBary, Fla. neighborhood, according to the Volusia Sheriff’s Office. Late on Monday (July 7) evening, the two decided to play “ding dong ditch” and learned a hard lesson in response.

“Ding dong ditch,” although annoying if you’re on the receiving end, is a well-known prank where someone rings the doorbell and runs away before the homeowner could catch who did it. But Merthie and Reddick took the prank to another level when instead of simply knocking on doors, they started kicking them in.

The trend is viral on TikTok, but unfortunately for Merthie and Reddick, their attempted prank was all caught on camera. In the footage, both teens turn around as they stomp on the stranger’s front door. After about three kicks, they bolt from the scene, but little did they know, the door was kicked right off its hinges.

The home owner called the police, who soon caught up to Merthie and another unnamed teen. “You go ahead and put your hands behind your back,” the officer said pointing to Merthie. When the third teen asked what they did wrong, the officer responded, “You [Merthie] and another female… are in crystal clear camera walking up to somebody’s house. I mean the camera is crystal clear. Those shorts are very distinct,” the officer said referring to Merthie’s colorful shorts, which he wore during the crime.

Police arrested Merthie and soon went to Reddick’s house where they found the girl hiding in her mother’s attic. “And, let me tell you, mom was furious with her daughter after deputies told her what she had been up to,” Sheriff Mike Chitwood wrote in a Facebook post.

Reddick was quickly arrested, and as officers walked her from the house, you can hear her mother yelling in the back, “Never come back to my house again! Let me tell you something, don’t ever play with me again!” The emotional mother continued, “You want to come to my house and disrespect my house? After everything I’ve been through?”

The sheriff added to the statement, “Parents, use this as a reminder to TALK with your kids that this challenge is not harmless and is the dumbest way to end up with a felony charge or dead.”

In the state of Florida, the notorious “Stand Your Ground” law passed in 2005 gives individuals the right to use deadly force in self-defense without consequence. This law made national news after George Zimmerman used it as his defense for killing 17-year-old Trayvon Martin in 2012.

Both teens were taken into custody and charged with felony burglary, according to Daily Mail. Because of their ages, it’s unclear if they will be charged as adults.