Tuesday, September 26, 2006

High school football kid, thumbtacks in gloves?

A 15-year-old sophomore football player was arrested for putting thumbtacks in one of his gloves and pricked players from the other team as he shook hands with them after the game.

Layton police said they knew of at least three Davis players who were pricked. The Layton player said he was upset with the Davis team for allegedly putting some sort of chemical on Layton High School's football field, said Layton Police Sgt. James Petrie.

Detectives, however, could not find any damage to the field, he said. There were no incidents during the junior varsity football game. After the game, as the Layton player shook hands with the other team, the opposing players got what was described as pinhole wounds in their hands, Petrie said.

The Davis players took note of the jersey number of the 15-year-old and told their coach. The coaches from the two teams then talked and apparently thought they had taken care of the problem internally, Petrie said. One of the fathers of a Davis player, however, called police. Detectives later interviewed the Layton player.

In addition to the criminal charge, the sophomore was kicked off the football team, an assistant principal at Layton High School said. Article here.

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