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Chicago Tribune
By Jeremy Gorner and Gregory Pratt
Chicago Tribune
Four teenagers have been charged in connection with a sexual assault investigation involving the baseball team at St. Francis de Sales High School in Chicago, the Tribune has learned.
St. Francis de Sales officials announced in April that they were suspending 12 students over a March incident in a school locker room, which they characterized as “bullying.” Five students were suspended five days for allegedly participating and seven others for two days for witnessing it and not reporting it, according to the school at the time.
Police said at the time that they were investigating the incident as a sexual assault.
Four juveniles were held at the Calumet District police station earlier Saturday and have since been released to their parents. Sally Daly, a spokeswoman for the Cook County state’s attorney’s office, confirmed that four boys had been charged as juveniles by police but couldn’t confirm what the charges were.
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