A Junior Varsity baseball participant in California is claiming it was only a joke, however Rio Rancho police aren’t laughing. A teenage baseball participant (whose identify has been redacted from reviews as a consequence of his age) was filmed peeing in an opposing crew’s water jug, earlier than returning it to the visiting dugout throughout a March 25 sport between Rio Rancho Excessive College and La Cueva highschool.
The participant instructed police that it was his duty to fill the house and away water jugs previous to the sport from a hose close to the sphere, and he used this as a chance to urinate within the La Cueva water jug — however stated he solely was capable of put “5 drops” of urine within the water, in accordance with his model of occasions. The incident was filmed by his pals, and uploaded to Snapchat.
It’s then believed that 15 gamers from La Cueva drank the pee-tainted water, with officers saying gamers usually deliver their very own water bottles to video games, however use the jug within the dugout to refill their bottles. This has led to the Rio Rancho participant to be reported to Juvenile Probation and Parole, with legislation enforcement officers believing there’s trigger to cost the boy with 15 counts of battery, one for every opponent who drank the contaminated water.
The motive for the incident is presently unknown. The participant going through the fees is saying he merely meant it as a joke, and that he didn’t pee within the jug as retaliation — however others aren’t so positive. Throughout a sport between the groups on March 1st the peeing participant was punched by a La Cueva opponent, and in accordance with the boy’s father the varsity didn’t report the incident as a result of they needed to deal with it “a distinct method.” He famous that maybe peeing within the water jug wouldn’t have occurred had the punch “been dealt with in a different way.”
Your entire Rio Rancho Excessive College JV crew has been suspended pending the investigation being finalized. It’s unclear if extra gamers who assisted within the incident is also charged.
