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Zane Schaefer, 16, pleaded no contest last week to two counts of gross indecency among males and was sentenced by juvenile court Referee Barb Forman.
Schaefer is the second of four former Coopersville High School students — all former members of the junior varsity baseball team — to enter a plea for the hazing incident.
Robert Miller and Joshua Schoenborn are awaiting trial, facing the same charge as Schaefer. Scott Bush, 15, earlier was sentenced to six months of probation and 14 hours of community service.
The hazing detailed in the school and police investigation included restraining students by holding down their arms and legs, slapping victims’ stomachs to cause the skin to turn pink, applying pressure to the victim’s rectal area through their clothes using thumbs or fingers — on one occasion, a toothbrush was used to apply pressure. The allegations also included pulling down the perpetrators’ pants and putting their rear ends in the face of victims, and using their hands in the victim’s genital areas.
School officials said five students on the baseball team reported being victims.
The four teens charged were expelled from school but may reapply for admission in the 2008-2009 school year.
