Teabagging has been in the news quite a bit lately, but for all the wrong reasons. Forget politics: In Iowa, kids really know how throw a Tea Party protest. That’s where two students are being charged with a hazing incident involving a teammate on their middle school track team. Let’s get right to the action, as reported by the DesMoines Register:
Carter Jacobsen, 14, and Trey Kuehl, 15, both of Indianola, were accused of tackling a 14-year-old teammate and holding him down before a track practice. Kuehl and Jacobsen were charged with simple assault in Warren County juvenile court, according to a police report filed April 13 by Officer Chris Marsh.
Indianola Middle School Principal Mike O’Meara told police that Kuehl and Jacobsen held the victim down and rubbed their testicles on his face.
“There were some sexual connotations in the report but we couldn’t establish that, so we just charged them with simple assault,” Police Chief Steve Bonnett said.
The victim’s mother declined to comment when contacted Monday.
Kuehl and Jacobsen told school authorities that they held the victim down, but denied rubbing their testicles on his face, according to Marsh’s police report.
Perhaps it was accidental teabagging, which carries a lighter sentence in some states. Anyway, if you’re interesting in seeing photos of the incident, they are now available for rent.
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2 Indianola middle-school athletes charged in track hazing [DesMoines Register]
