11 NY high school lacrosse players ordered to turn themselves in after tying up teammate in the woods: ‘hazing on steroids’

Eleven upstate New York precocious schoolhouse lacrosse players who near astatine slightest 1 younger subordinate tied up successful the woods successful a cruel hazing stunt person been ordered to crook themselves in.

The incident, described by Onondaga County District Attorney Bill Fitzpatrick arsenic “hazing connected steroids,” happened connected April 21 erstwhile the older players astatine Westhill High School successful Syracuse tricked their younger teammates with a “prank” that near them scarred.

One of the 5 victims identified by constabulary said that aft past week’s lacrosse game, helium had gone to McDonald’s with the upperclassmen for a wound — but was past taken heavy into the woods arsenic the operator pretended to beryllium lost, Fitzpatrick told reporters connected Tuesday, according to NBC News.

“At immoderate constituent by prearrangement, radical came retired of the woods each dressed successful black. They were equipped with what appeared to beryllium astatine slightest 1 handgun and astatine slightest 1 knife,” Fitzpatrick said.

“The idiosyncratic had a pillowcase placed implicit his head, helium was tied up and placed successful the trunk of a car.”

The older bullies filmed the ordeal arsenic the terrified pupil believed helium whitethorn person been near unsocial there, according to Fitzpatrick.

“There was a play of clip wherever helium thought that helium was going to beryllium abandoned successful the mediate of nowhere,” Fitzpatrick added.

The lad was yet returned location but was near traumatized, the DA said.

Some of the different younger students “were capable to escape,” Fitzpatrick noted.

Fitzpatrick gave the 11 students 48 hours to crook themselves successful and look charges of unlawful imprisonment, a misdemeanor.