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Three teens arrested in connection with hazing incident

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    Police arrest high school students in New York

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Max Meyerson is sixteen years old John Hinson is seventeen interest since Greg is seventeen to.

Each of the -- high school juniors are accused of hazing and assaulting eighth graders last Friday.

Think about the size difference between a junior and in a junior in high school and administrator in minutes you know -- a man and months child died in the -- that the growing it so it's pathetic actually.

Police say it was part of a ride high school initiation what's known around here is freshman Friday.

They say the juniors took the eighth graders in the marshlands conservancy in allegedly beat them on the buttocks.

One of the eighth graders was hurt so badly he had to go to the hospital.

'cause kind of -- he usually is not that.

Usually it's like nice and fun joking around.

Got out and what I was surprised that anything that I get a safari to put it can -- it just they'd have a bruise or two.

The superintendent of -- schools released a statement this evening saying he wasn't legally allowed to talk about the victims or the students -- He said that after releasing an earlier statement which read quote.

We are greatly disturbed by these allegations.

While this first and foremost is a serious legal matter for the young men who have been arrested.

These students will also face severe disciplinary consequences as students of the ride public schools this is that this is not a right.

This is not a tradition it's not a rite of passage.

This is -- -- Marie -- -- says her eighth grade son told her more high school students were involved my child was.

Chase -- -- friends were -- and my he tell me some of the names and they were none of the names that were arrested and with a large group of kids.