Wednesday, July 31, 2013

The Haze Over Andover

Globe helping to obscure:

"Probation ordered for Andover man, 19, for role in team hazing" by Lauren Dezenski |  Globe Correspondent, January 15, 2013

A 19-year-old man has been placed on probation and ­ordered to undergo counseling after a 2011 hazing incident involv­ing the Andover High School varsity basketball team, Bristol County prosecutors ­announced Tuesday.

Craig Luschenat of Andover admitted to sufficient facts and was sentenced to two years of supervised probation and mandatory counseling for at least three months. He was also ­ordered to stay away from the two victims and all Andover High School basketball games, said Gregg Miliote, a spokesman for the Bristol district ­attorney.

Cut from the web version (made print):

The hazing incident allegedly occurred while the Andover team was attending the Hoops Mountain sleepover basketball camp in July 2011 at Stonehill College in Easton.

Seven members of the team were disciplined for their involvement in an alleged sexual hazing act called "wet biscuit," in which two younger teammates were allegedly forced to eat cookies covered in bodily fluids, the Globe reported in December 2011....

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