Three teens charged in football team ‘hazing’ at Brooklyn high school

Three students connected the inferior varsity shot squad astatine Brooklyn’s James Madison High School person been charged successful a harrowing “hazing” incidental — triggering the cancelation of the remainder of the school’s shot season, the NYPD and section of acquisition officials said.

Two 14-year-olds and a 13-year-old were charged with forcible touching and unlawful imprisonment aft they allegedly held down and inappropriately touched a 14-year-old teammate astatine the Sheepshead Bay schoolhouse connected Oct. 16, according to police.

“Bullying and harassment, including hazing, person nary spot successful our schools – period,” New York City nationalist schools property caput Nathaniel Styer said successful a connection Monday. “Upon proceeding reports of hazing, the schoolhouse instantly acted. Parents were instantly notified, the schoolhouse is providing supports, and an probe is ongoing.”

James Madison High School’s shot programme faced scrutiny past twelvemonth erstwhile erstwhile JV shot manager Nicholas Nugent was arrested and charged for allegedly slamming a teen’s caput into the wall. Nugent’s lawsuit is inactive pending.

The 3 teens arrested for participating successful the Oct. 16 incidental were charged arsenic juveniles, constabulary said. Their names are not being released due to the fact that they are minors.