Apr. 4—RIO RANCHO — A member of the Rio Rancho High School junior varsity baseball team who allegedly urinated into the water cooler of the La Cueva High School baseball team is facing 15 counts of battery, the Rio Rancho Police Department announced Friday.
The 16-year-old, who was not named in a news release issued by the police department, is facing the charges in connection to an RRHS home game against La Cueva High School March 25. The charges will be forwarded to Juvenile Probation and Parole, the release stated. The police department added that it could not release further details, citing an active investigation involving a minor.
Capt. Jacquelynn Reedy, public information officer with the Rio Rancho Police Department, quoted Rio Rancho Public Schools, stating it "takes this matter very seriously and is fully cooperating with law enforcement."
"The district remains committed to upholding the highest standards of conduct among our student-athletes and will take appropriate action in accordance with district policies and legal guidelines," the release stated, though school district officials told the Rio Rancho Observer it was not involved in the police department's statement.
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