Former Prosecutor Reacts After Charges Dropped Against NM Baseball Player Who Urinated in Opponent's Water Jug

It Turns Out Peeing In Your Opponent's Water Cooler Isn't Against The Law In New Mexico

Back in April, drama unfolded at a New Mexico high school. There were rumors that a player on the JV baseball team had peed into an opponent's water cooler.There was a police investigation conducted, the team's season was suspended, a review of the rule book wasn’t done, but maybe it should have been. Eventually, a 16-year-old baseball player admitted to peeing in the water cooler.It wasn’t the sort of attention the Rio Rancho High School's juni…

Rio Rancho student-athlete accused of urinating in opposing teen's water jug will no longer face charges

Rio Rancho student-athlete accused of urinating in opposing teen's water jug will no longer face charges.

Former prosecutor reacts after charges dropped against NM baseball player who urinated in opponent's water jug

RIO RANCHO, N.M. (KRQE) – Nearly three months after a 16-year-old Rio Rancho JV baseball player admitted to peeing in an opposing team's water jug during a game, the Sandoval County District Attorney's Office said it wasn't a crime. "In New Mexico, battery consists of the unlawful touching of another person in a rude and insolent manner. So in this case, we don't have any touching of another person," said Chief Deputy DA Jessica Martinez with th…

RRHS JV baseball player did not commit crime for urinating in team jug, DA says

RIO RANCHO — Prosecutors won't pursue more than a dozen battery charges against a Rio Rancho High School junior varsity baseball player accused of urinating in an opposing team’s water