Streaker pleads guilty to disorderly conduct
Posted on Thursday, February 9, 2006
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BENTONVILLE — A Bentonville High School student apologized Wednesday for running onto the BHS football field wearing only a bandanna over his face and what appeared to be underwear and shoes.
The teenage boy pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct and was placed on juvenile probation until August. The teen apologized for the incident, which he said he did on a dare.
The incident occurred in October during the Rogers-Bentonville football game. The student ran across the field with 8:04 left in the second quarter.
The student scaled the stadium’s south fence near the scoreboard, ran across the field in front of the Rogers sideline, veered east, then hurdled a row of signs. He vaulted a 6-foot-tall fence separating spectators from the field, then scaled the 10foot-tall perimeter fence. A Rogers police officer went over both fences in pursuit of the subject.
A Bentonville police officer outside the stadium on a bicycle caught and arrested the student. The teen was released into the custody of his parents.
School officials suspended the boy from school for 10 days.
Circuit Judge Jay Finch accepted the boy’s guilty plea. The boy was ordered to perform 48 hours of community service and pay $235 in courtassociated fines and fees.
The judge also ordered the boy to undergo counseling.