4 teens charged with sexual assault of teammate

[May 09, 2009]  TAMPA, Fla. (AP) -- Authorities say four teenagers at a Florida school have been charged with sexually assaulting a member of their flag football team with a broomstick and a hockey stick.

The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office said Friday that a 13-year-old was assaulted April 30 at Walker Middle School in Odessa.

The sheriff's office says two teens held down the boy while two others assaulted him. The office said in an e-mailed statement that the four students were charged with sexual battery and false imprisonment.

The Associated Press does not identify victims of sexual assault.

A sheriff's official says the victim had been picked on continually since mid-March.

[Associated Press]

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