Sayreville football scandal: 3 teen defendants still in custody, lawyer says

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Sue Epstein and Tom Haydon

October 17, 2014

 

SAYREVILLE — Three of the seven Sayreville football players charged in the sexual hazing scandal remained in custody Thursday night, according a lawyer representing one of the seven players.

 

East Brunswick attorney Richard Klein said the other four players have been released to their parents or guardians. While these kids may be home under house arrest, he said their lives have not returned to normal.

 

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Three of the players were charged with aggravated sexual assault, aggravated criminal sexual contact, conspiracy to commit aggravated criminal sexual contact, criminal restraint, and hazing for engaging in an act of sexual penetration upon one of the juvenile victims. One of those defendants and four others were charged with various counts including aggravated assault, conspiracy, aggravated criminal sexual contact, hazing and riot by participating in the attack of some of the victims.

 

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Why we shouldn't charge the Sayreville kids as adults: A Q&A
Julie O'Connor | Star-Ledger Editorial Board
October 17, 2014

All eyes are fixed on Sayreville, N.J., where seven high school football players are accused of sexually hazing their younger teammates.

 

They have been charged with varying degrees of involvement. Three are facing the most serious charge, aggravated sexual assault.

 

Parents are outraged. The prosecutor is under pressure to try them as adults. Everyone is up in arms.

 

But before we pack these kids off to adult prison, a national expert on adolescent development and juvenile crime says: Not so fast.

 

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Sayreville horror: It’s way beyond ‘bullying’

By Naomi Schaefer Riley

October 13, 2014

 

Is the story unfolding in Sayreville, NJ, old or new?

 

Is it a tale of how boys will be boys — whether they’re terrorizing each other at 18th-century British boarding schools or on 21st-century New Jersey football teams?

 

Or is it a problem created by a teen culture that is oversexed and undersupervised? It’s a little bit of both.

 

After seven boys on the Sayreville War Memorial HS squad were arrested last week on charges of criminal sexual contact, many parents are doing a lot of head-scratching and soul-searching. It may be time to reexamine our strategies for dealing with adolescents.

 

The reports out of New Jersey describe terrifying scenes: Older boys on the team would turn the lights out and pin down a younger member while others assaulted him. In at least some cases, that consisted of using fingers to penetrate the victim.

 

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Defendants in Sayreville Football Hazing Case to Be Tried in Juvenile Court
Nov 10, 2014
JOSH MARGOLIN

 

The prosecutor in Middlesex County, N.J., will not seek to have any of the seven defendants in the Sayreville High School hazing case tried in adult court, sources told ABC News.

 

Lawyers for the defendants have already been notified of the decision, which is expected to be formally announced later this week.

 

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Jim O’Neill, a spokesman for the prosecutor's office, declined to comment.

 

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