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50-year-old mom and two teenagers are the prime suspects in a vandalism case that's tainted a football field in Temperance, Michigan.
Police have accused the trio of using grass killer to burn a 100-yard-long image of male genitalia into the turf,
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disrupting the Bedford High School Kicking Mules schedule and causing between $15,000 and $20,000 in damage.
No photos of their "artwork" have been provided to the media, but Fox 5 has helpfully pulled this image from the archives, which depicts a similar stunt done to a high school football field
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Local landscaper Dave "boss of the moss" Baumgartner has donated his skills and the time of his staff to help rectify the situation
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Despite what may seem like a humorous subject, school officials are quick to note this isn't a laughing matter.
"This isn’t a little prank misdemeanor," Superintendent Mark Kleinhans told
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"This is a felony."
Whoever left the "very inappropriate, disgusting symbol" will be prosecuted "to the full extent of the law,"
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Indeed, in a followup article published Friday
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reports the woman, who has not been named because her daughter, a juvenile, could be identified, has been arraigned and is out on bond.
Crews replace damaged field at Bedford High School. Weed killer was used to leave a 100-yard depiction of male genitalia on a Monroe County high school football field.
http://www.freep.com/story/news/loc...killer-penis-football-field-charges/15916989/It may have been intended as a prank, but what happened at a football field
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in Monroe County led to criminal charges.
Grass killer was used to leave the shape of a penis spanning the length of the Bedford Senior High School field
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Now three people from Bedford Township— a 50-year-old woman, her 16-year-old daughter and a 17-year-old —face a felony charge of malicious destruction of turf or soil.
"It was a lot more than a prank given the significant damage and the disruption of school activities," said Assistant Monroe County Prosecutor Leah Hubbard.
School events had to be moved, and "there have been countless hours of volunteer time to get the field back in playing condition,"
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"It's an unfortunate incident with unintended consequences," said Tim Churchill, a lawyer for the mother and daughter.
The woman also faces a misdemeanor count of contributing to delinquency of children.
She was arraigned
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and released on bond but is not being named because her daughter, who has been temporarily remanded to the Monroe County Youth Center, was charged as a juvenile and is not being identified. The teen, who Churchill said has a 4.0 grade-point average, has a hearing Tuesday.
The 17-year-old has not been arraigned yet
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Churchill said the mother never stepped foot on the field, adding her daughter did not partake in any of the damage that was done to field.
"I think what started out maybe in general as a prank turned out to be a very serious matter,"
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None of the three have a criminal history, Hubbard told
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Court documents show the damage is between $1,000 and $20,000. Hubbard said the final amount is still being calculated, but it is closer to the larger amount.
"The community is pretty upset,"
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