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Lethbridge police have charged four members of a high school football team connected to an incident where another player was sexually assaulted.
On Oct. 3, a 16-year-old male was forcibly confined and sexually assaulted in a locker room at Chinook High School after regular school hours. A press release said the victim and subjects are all members of the football team and are known to one another. Police said it was not a random incident.
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On Oct. 4, a search warrant was obtained and executed, resulting in the seizure of a weapon.
In a statement on the same day the warrant was executed, Lethbridge School Division said it had suspended all football activities at Chinook High School for the duration of the week, and further decisions on the school’s football activities would be made pending the outcome of the investigation.
“Chinook continues to make all decisions based on the social, emotional, physical, academic and spiritual growth of its students.”
Almost a week later on Oct. 10, police went to the school and three subjects were arrested without incident. The fourth subject turned himself in at the police station.
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The four males, two aged 17 and two aged 16, have been charged with sexual assault with a weapon, assault with a weapon and unlawful confinement.
All four of the accused have been released from custody with conditions of no contact with the victim and are prohibited from attending Chinook High School or its grounds. They will appear in Youth Court on Oct. 25.
Police added there is no evidence to suggest any ongoing risk to other students in relation to this matter and the school remains open.
With files from Hiren Mansukhani
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