MOORPARK TEEN CITED FOR MISDEMEANOR; FOOTBALL STAR LINKED TO SEXUAL BATTERING.Byline: Gloria Gonzales Daily News Staff Writer A star player on Moorpark High School's championship football team has been cited with misdemeanor misdemeanor, in law, a minor crime, in contrast to a felony. At common law a misdemeanor was a crime other than treason or a felony. Although it might be a grave offense, it did not affect the feudal bond or take away the offender's property. By the 19th cent. sexual battery in connection with an incident that occurred on campus during school hours, police said Thursday. Senior Shane Brogdon, a linebacker for the Musketeers, is suspected of sexually battering a 17-year-old female student March 2. After a weeklong week·long adj. Continuing through the week: a weeklong conference. Adj. 1. weeklong - lasting through a week; "her weeklong vacation" seven-day investigation, including at least one interview with Brodgon, the 18-year-old senior turned himself in to deputies at the East County sheriff's station Tuesday afternoon, said Sgt. David Paige. Paige said detectives had been in contact with Brodgon throughout the week, and asked him to report to the station for a final interview Tuesday. Brodgon, who lives in the Mountain Meadows Mountain Meadows, small valley in extreme SW Utah, where in 1857 a party of some 140 emigrants bound for California were massacred. It was a period when friction between Mormons and non-Mormons was acute, with Mormons bitterly resenting the coming of U.S. neighborhood with his family, arrived at the station alone, Paige said. After the interview, Brodgon was cited with one count of misdemeanor sexual battery and was allowed to leave. The youth will be scheduled to appear for an arraignment A criminal proceeding at which the defendant is officially called before a court of competent jurisdiction, informed of the offense charged in the complaint, information, indictment, or other charging document, and asked to enter a plea of guilty, not guilty, or as otherwise permitted after the District Attorney's Office reviews the case, Paige said. The suspected incident occurred on campus, and involved Brogdon and a 17-year-old female student, Paige said. The investigation was prompted by a report made by a third party who was not a student, Paige said. Noting that the District Attorney's Office is now reviewing the matter, police revealed little information about the incident Thursday, though Paige did define sexual battery as ``someone touching someone else in an area where they don't want to be touched.'' Misdemeanor sexual battery also can include improper
adj. Characterized by or full of force; effective: was persuaded by the forceful speaker to register to vote; enacted forceful measures to reduce drug abuse. or threatening, it moves into the felony felony (fĕl`ənē), any grave crime, in contrast to a misdemeanor, that is so declared in statute or was so considered in common law. category, Paige said. The punishment for misdemeanor sexual battery ranges from probation to up to one year in jail. School officials called the incident a confidential student matter, and declined to comment, or release information about whether Brodgon faced disciplinary action or was attending classes. At 5-foot-11, 198 pounds during the season, Brogdon was a key player on the Musketeers' Southern Section Division X championship team at linebacker and fullback. He was originally ruled unable to play in 1997 after sitting out most of the 1996 season with a spinal injury. Doctors initially felt the injury was serious enough to end his football career, but Brogdon consulted with a specialist, and was cleared to resume playing. Brogdon's physical play offensively and defensively was a big part of the Musketeers' success. Moorpark won the Division X championship behind an opportunistic opportunistic /op·por·tu·nis·tic/ (op?er-tldbomacn-is´tik) 1. denoting a microorganism which does not ordinarily cause disease but becomes pathogenic under certain circumstances. 2. offense and a hard-nosed defense led by Brogdon and others. CAPTION(S): Photo PHOTO (Color) BROGDON |
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