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Crabby Appleton

(5,231 posts) Sat Oct 11, 2014, 05:35 AM Oct 2014

7 Sayreville High School Students Charged in Football Hazing Probe: Prosecutor [View all]

Source: NBC News

Six Sayreville War Memorial High School students have been arrested on sexual assault and other charges in a series of alleged hazing incidents last month, and a seventh student is being sought, prosecutors say.

Prosecutors in New Jersey announced last week they were investigating allegations that upperclassmen on the top regionally ranked Sayreville High School football team were hazing freshmen players in ways that could be considered sexual assault.

On Friday, the Middlesex County prosecutor announced charges against seven Sayreville students, ages 15 to 17. They're accused of forcefully holding the younger students while others improperly touched them, and in one case, kicking one victim during an attack.

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http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Sayreville-New-Jersey-Copes-No-High-Schools-Football-278861871.html

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7 Sayreville High School Students Charged in Football Hazing Probe: Prosecutor [View all] Crabby Appleton Oct 2014 OP

what about the coaches? vlyons Oct 2014 #1

what evidence do you have that the coaches were responsible, or knew about it? Celebration Oct 2014 #2

Damn right the coaches knew packman Oct 2014 #4

Prove it... Oktober Oct 2014 #9

Thanks for standing up for the law! Otherwise we get witch burnings because 'everyone knows' on point Oct 2014 #10

the 'law' means NOTHING anymore heaven05 Oct 2014 #11

So don't stoop to their level. Uphold and restore it. on point Oct 2014 #15

the law has been heaven05 Oct 2014 #19

Poster called for firing, not arrest lolly Oct 2014 #14

"On the coaches' watch," I'm hearing. Orsino Oct 2014 #22

in communities that revere sports, principals give coaches a wide berth yurbud Oct 2014 #7

no excuse vlyons Oct 2014 #8

yep. and more than other adults, what the coach says goes. yurbud Oct 2014 #12

'arrested on sexual assault and other charges' tomm2thumbs Oct 2014 #3

I think a whole lot of this kind of abuse leftyladyfrommo Oct 2014 #5

k and r..no text. Stuart G Oct 2014 #6

Is it true that all the boys who were arrested are black? XemaSab Oct 2014 #13

What have you seen that would suggest that? ManiacJoe Oct 2014 #16

It was on one of the news sites but they took it down XemaSab Oct 2014 #17

It doesn't matter what color - what 840high Oct 2014 #21

If it's true... Oktober Oct 2014 #23

In Sayreville? I doubt it. KamaAina Oct 2014 #24

Does anyone else get the opinion that defacto7 Oct 2014 #18

Can we all stop calling it 'hazing'? customerserviceguy Oct 2014 #26

It's not a matter of whether defacto7 Oct 2014 #27

Hazing is what my windshield does in thick fog. Calling it what it is might help stop it: KurtNYC Oct 2014 #28

Bye idiots. Rhinodawg Oct 2014 #20

Sayreville is considering banning football altogether KamaAina Oct 2014 #25

Dave Zirin's response to the Sayreville scandal: radicalliberal Oct 2014 #29