Hazing

According to the Los Angeles Police Department, a 17-year-old was treated at a hospital, and the incident could have been classified as a possible sex crime.

The incident happened during the last week of July while team members attended Camp Wishbone in Bourne.

Police have charged Kevin Gonsalves Jr. and Dylan Parker, both 17 from Fairhaven, with indecent assault and battery of a person over the age of 14.

The unidentified juveniles are facing similar charges.

All four are scheduled to be arraigned in Falmouth District and Juvenile Courts on October 27th.

"The kids, from what I heard, said they were just joking and this, that and the other, but those are things you can't joke about," Hall said. "Prior to the things that took place at Columbine, you probably could get away with it, but in today's society, you can't get away with it, whether it's done jokingly or not."

"She said she hated her (expletive) school," Albuquerque police spokeswoman Trish Hoffman said, describing the girl's confession.

The boy said another youth pinned him to the floor and told others to take a "free shot." Several team members then allegedly struck and kicked him.

The boy also told police that another boy dropped his own pants, then rubbed his buttocks on the boy's head.

Finally, the boy said that while he was pinned down, an unknown upperclassman placed a 2-foot round metal rod next to him and said, "Defend yourself." The older boy then allegedly attempted to insert the rod into the youth's rectum.

Only one youth — a 15-year-old freshman player — has a case against him, and it will remain in juvenile court instead of being waived to adult court.

Although several players were accused, proceedings were dropped against all except the one teen.

Center Grove Schools Superintendent Candace Milhon-Baer said Aug. 7 the incident should not be classified as hazing but bullying. She has said privacy prohibits her from discussing any part of any action that will be taken against the student.School officials and coaches met with football players and other students about the existing bullying policy, she said.

The Sheriff's Department would not discuss why the assault charge recommendations were not for sexual assault. LiCalsi said Thursday afternoon that he had not seen the reports, but that most sexual crimes require carnal gratification on the part of one party or another to be prosecuted.

"We have that option. … We'll review it," the chief prosecutor said. "If we feel charges should be filed, we'll file them in Juvenile Court."

FAIRHAVEN — A Fairhaven High School football player was allegedly duct-taped to a bed, physically assaulted and subjected to acts of a "gross and lewd" nature by several teammates during a summer football camp, sources familiar with a hazing investigation said yesterday.

As details of the alleged assault at Camp Wishbone emerged yesterday, school officials said they were reviewing their internal investigation and met with parents about the state of the Blue Devils football program. The Cape & Islands District Attorney's Office, which is heading the criminal investigation, declined comment, but a source acknowledged that state police were interviewing witnesses.

The investigation includes allegations that players tossed semen from a cup onto the victim during the alleged assault in the dormitory-style barracks at Camp Edwards in Bourne, sources close to the investigation said. The same sources said the victim was younger than his alleged assailants.

A probe into allegations that a Center Grove High School freshman football player was assaulted in a locker room could be reviewed by juvenile authorities for possible criminal charges as early as today.

Johnson County Sheriff's Maj. Steve Byerly said that once the school turns over the results of its investigation, the case would be submitted.

Police in Johnson County are investigating allegations that a Center Grove High School freshman football player was assaulted in a locker room by his teammates.

According to a police report, a 15-year-old boy said he was attending football practice and "horsing around" with some other students when they ganged up on him.

The boy said another youth pinned him to the floor and told others to take a "free shot." Several team members then allegedly struck and kicked him.

The boy also told police that another boy dropped his own pants, then rubbed his buttocks on the boy's head.

Finally, the boy said that while he was pinned down, an unknown upperclassman placed a 2-foot round metal rod next to him and said, "Defend yourself." The older boy then allegedly attempted to insert the rod into the youth's rectum.

When the boy screamed, which alerted coaches, the teammates scattered.

This incident follows the March 2 arrests of four then-freshman Center Grove boys on charges of conspiracy to commit criminal confinement with a deadly weapon. Police said the plot included killing the principal and holding students and teachers captive for ransom.