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Four Carmel High School basketball players charged in an assault investigation were released about 4:30 a.m. Tuesday after
posting bond. After an extensive investigation lasting several months, prosecutors decided to file charges against the four
seniors, who are accused of assaulting underclassmen. The misdemeanor charges were filed Monday against 19-year-old John Scott
Lazkowski, 18-year-old Oscar Falodun, 18-year-old Brandon Hoge and 19-year-old Robert Kitzinger. Meanwhile, during a meeting
Monday night, the Carmel Clay School Board announced three basketball coaches have resigned. Head Coach Mark Galloway resigned,
as well. Fox59 will have more at 4 p.m.

Four senior basketball players at Carmel High School could face misdemeanor battery charges for their roles in two alleged
sexual assaults in January. Any official charges, as well as the names of those players involved, are expected to be announced
during Hamilton County Prosecutor Sonia Leerkamp’s news conference this afternoon. The investigation began after three
senior players were accused of sexually assaulting two freshmen on a team bus returning from a Jan. 22 game in Terre Haute.
During that investigation, school administers learned of another incident involving a fourth senior in the high school locker
room. The players were disciplined by the school after a tip from a parent. Fox59, which is airing the news conference live
at 1 p.m. on Fox59.com, will have more at 4 p.m.

Hamilton County’s prosecutor says she’s hopeful a decision on whether to file charges in the Carmel High School
sexual assault case will be made by the end of the week. Investigators say two freshmen were allegedly assaulted by seniors
on the basketball team. One victim says he was attacked in the locker room. The other says he was attacked on a bus ride home
after a game. Investigators say the charges could include battery, criminal confinement and criminal deviant conduct. A grand
jury has been hearing testimony in the case.
 

A grand jury will decide whether charges will be filed in the high-profile Carmel High School sexual assault investigation
involving high school basketball players. The Hamilton County prosecutor requested a grand jury to review the evidence against
one or more Carmel players accused of hazing a student in the high school's locker room. Meanwhile, the Hendricks County
prosecutor is reviewing whether charges should be filed in the case of a freshman Carmel player who claims he was sexually
assaulted by senior members of the Carmel basketball team in the back of a bus while on the way home from a road game in January.

Students, parents and family members held a candlelight vigil in Carmel Sunday night to mourn two teens killed during a police
chase. Police say they were trying to pull over a speeding vehicle Friday night when the driver took off and eventually lost
control. The car snapped a utility pole in half near the 14000 block of River Road and 126th Street and caught fire. The 15-year-old
driver escaped, but emergency responders couldn't get Jordan Moss, 15, and Jordan Poirier, 15, out in time. Grief counselors
have been providing services at Carmel High School, where the students were freshman. Fox59 will have more at 4 p.m.

One of the alleged freshman victims in the Carmel High School basketball hazing investigation has hired an attorney and is
threatening a lawsuit. Attorney Robert Turner said the young man was sexually attacked by senior players of the Carmel basketball
team on a bus after a game. Turner said other attacks took place in the school locker room.  "I have other victims’
names and I'd like to talk with them," Turner said.  He said the parents of his freshman client are angry school
administrators have not taken action or made a decisive statement about what will happen to the students accused of the assaults.
Hamilton County prosecutor Sonia Leerkamp said her office will decide on criminal charges by the end of April.

Carmel police have launched a criminal investigation into an alleged bullying incident involving two Carmel High School freshmen
that took place Jan. 22. The case stems from an incident on a school bus filled with Carmel High School basketball players
returning from a victory in Terre Haute. School administrators report four coaches were sitting in the front of the bus while
three seniors allegedly attacked two freshmen in the back of the bus. One of the freshmen sought treatment at a hospital after
the incident. School administrators say they can't comment for legal reasons. Fox59 will have more at 4 p.m.