Onondaga County, New York, District Attorney Bill Fitzpatrick said the high school lacrosse players he is prosecuting over hazing allegations could have faced a much more serious fate.

Eleven high school lacrosse players reportedly surrendered to authorities in upstate New York after prosecutors threatened to charge them with kidnapping in an off-campus incident that shook the community,

At least 11 high school students in Syracuse, New York, have 48 hours to turn themselves in or face felony charges of kidnapping for their alleged involvement in victimizing at least five younger lacrosse players in an incident the district attorney says,