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HS athlete faces 69 criminal charges after exposing himself in yearbook photo

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Phoenix, AZ. (KNXV)- A dare that landed a spot in a school yearbook is also landing one athlete behind bars, KNXV ABC 15 reports.

Police say that Hunter Osborn, 19, a football player at Red Mountain High School in Mesa, Arizona, exposed himself during a team picture.

School officials did not notice the exposure until it was printed in the school yearbook. The picture was also printed in the football program that is sold at games.

Osborn told police that he was 18 when the photo taken and that he was “dared by a football teammate,” according to a spokesman for Mesa Police Department.

He admitted to exposing himself in the photo and told detectives that he was “disgusted” for what he had done. That’s according to court documents.

Osborn was booked into jail Saturday on 69 counts of indecent exposure, a class 1 misdemeanor, and one count of furnishing harmful items to minors, a class 4 felony. He was subsequently released and ordered to wear an electronic monitor.

In a statement, the district said it was “dismayed” by the student’s actions and that it had recalled the yearbook to make a “minor, but critical edit.”

Once the school administration noticed the photo, they immediately contacted police and is cooperating fully with the investigation. They say that disciplinary action will follow policy and may be a result of the police investigation.

On top of the police investigation, the school and district are conducting an investigation to determine what could’ve been done to prevent the publication of the picture.

No other details were released.

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