Four Boyd High School students are facing felony charges after police say a hazing incident unfolded inside the school's field house earlier this month. Two of the students, 17-year-olds Chason Tucker and Noah Stevens, are being charged as adults on counts of unlawful restraint and injury to a child, while two other students involved are juveniles whose names cannot be released.
The case stems from an incident investigators say happened on or about September 3 at Boyd High School, according to NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth. The Boyd Police Department has confirmed it is looking into a reported hazing incident alleged to have occurred at the school around that date, according to a City of Boyd press release.
Tucker and Stevens each face charges of unlawful restraint and injury to a child, both handled as adult felony matters despite their ages, per the same NBC 5 report. The two juvenile students connected to the case have not been named, since the law shields the identities of minors facing charges in the matter, the station reports.
What Boyd Police Say They're Doing Now
City officials describe the investigation as active, with detectives gathering information, reviewing available evidence and conducting interviews, according to the city's press release. The department says the goal is to determine whether any violations of Texas law or other applicable policies occurred at the school.
Boyd police have also acknowledged that they can only share limited details publicly for now. Because the investigation may involve juvenile individuals and remains ongoing, the department says it is restricted in how much information it can release, per the city's statement.
Neither the specific conduct alleged inside the field house nor the identity of any alleged victim has been disclosed by authorities. The organization or team connected to the incident, if any, has likewise not been made public in the available records.
How Texas Law Treats Hazing at Schools
Texas law recognizes public and private high schools as educational institutions covered under the state's hazing statutes, according to a summary published by StopHazing. That same summary notes that consent from the person being hazed is not a legal defense against prosecution under the relevant subchapter.
The Boyd case echoes an earlier North Texas hazing investigation involving Forney High School, where four members of the boys soccer team were arrested on sexual assault charges tied to hazing, according to KHOU. In that case, an 18-year-old senior identified as Jacob Fisher was booked into the Kaufman County jail and later arraigned on a second-degree felony sexual assault charge with bond set at $75,000, KHOU reported. Investigators in the Forney case said they had identified two victims but believed there could be more.
Boyd police say the investigation into the September incident continues, and no further details about charges, court proceedings or the two juvenile students have been made public.
