SPOTSYLVANIA, Va. (AP) – An investigation into a suspected hazing incident has resulted in the arrest of a Spotsylvania High School football player, and the sheriff’s department says other players are under investigation.
The 15-year-old player was arrested Friday in connection with the reported hazing of two players on Oct. 23 in the school locker room.
Local media reports that the teenager was charged with attempted sodomy with an inanimate object and assault by mob and is being held in a detention center. The attempted sodomy charge is a felony.
Prosecutor Matt Lowery said the charge followed an investigation by school authorities and a school resource officer after a complaint about a broomstick assault.
Sheriff Roger Harris called the allegations “a very serious matter.”
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