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Rio Rancho JV baseball player tells police that urinating in water jug was a joke, not revenge
RIO RANCHO — The Rio Rancho High School junior varsity baseball player facing 15 counts of battery for allegedly urinating in an opposing team's water jug during a home game last month told investigators he did it “to be funny” and had “no intention” to seek revenge from any previous incidents or games, according to a police report.
The player, whose name was redacted from the report, obtained by the Observer Tuesday afternoon through a public records request, made the admission to Rio Rancho police following the game against La Cueva High School March 25.
The report's release comes as the entire RRHS JV team remains suspended pending the outcome of investigations from the police department and Rio Rancho Public Schools, which has promised discipline to be "severe" depending on what officials find.
The player told investigators that one of his jobs before each game was to get the water jugs filled from a hose, and three of his friends assisted him on March 25, the report said. The player made a comment to them that he had to “use the restroom” and made a joke about peeing in the water jug, according to the report. After filling the water jugs, he and the other three students returned the water jugs to the baseball dugouts, including the one where La Cueva players sit, the report said.
After placing the water jug into the La Cueva dugout, the player lifted the top from the jug and “peed in it," adding that he believed “five drops” of urine came out, according to the report. The act was filmed by one of his friends, who later uploaded the video to Snapchat, the report said.
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