A group of students accused of being involved in an apparent hazing scheme in upstate New York have turned themselves in after they were given 48 hours to do so or else face kidnapping charges for the incident,

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.

As two other crosstown rivals played a thrilling lacrosse game that went into overtime one night last week, some members of the Westhill High School boys’ varsity lacrosse team were in the stands hatching a plan.