'Hazing on steroids:' Westhill ends boys lacrosse season as Onondaga County DA demands 11 of its players surrender

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‘Hazing on steroids:’ Westhill ends boys lacrosse season as Onondaga County DA demands 11 of its players surrender

Andrew Donovan and Melina Williams
17 hours ago

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (WSYR-TV) — The boys’ varsity lacrosse season is over at Westhill High School as the Onondaga County District Attorney has ordered at least 11 of the team’s players to turn themselves into police within 48 hours.

Following reports of an incident of hazing within the team, DA Bill Fitzpatrick says he’s decided his office will prosecute charges against the students who victimized teammates.

Westhill boys lacrosse team will miss second game amid alleged hazing investigation
The DA says one victim, with a pillowcase over his head, “was taken to a remote area of the county… people came out of the woods all dressed in black and armed with at least one handgun and one knife.”

It started as what was supposed to look like a team outing, more senior members of the team taking younger members to another school’s lacrosse game and then dinner. The DA said criminal activity began on the ride home. … “The driver of the vehicle was purportedly lost,” said the DA. “That was a ruse.”

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