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Teens plead guilty to charges associated with hazing in Adair County

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August 24th, 2012 by Ric Hanson

Online court records indicate two former Nodaway Valley High School wrestlers arrested last year in connection with a hazing incident have plead guilty to harassment and serious assault charges. Judge Paul Huscher, Tuesday, sentenced 18-year-old Michael Fieck and 18-year-old Jacob Wayne Schliessman to a total of 90-days each in the Adair County Jail, followed by two-years probation. They were facing two-years in jail. The men each plead guilty to two counts of first-degree harassment and two counts of serious assault. They had originally been charged with second-degree sexual abuse.

The charges were later changed to two counts each of felonious assault. Last March, Feick and Schliessman, who was 17 at the time of the incident, both entered pleas of not guilty to the charges of two counts of felonious assault, and waived their right to a speedy trial.

The incident which led to their arrest happened in December 2011, and pertained to the hazing of a fellow student on the Nodaway Valley wrestling squad. The unidentified student had said the assault happened when he missed a practice session. A subsequent investigation by the Greenfield Police Department indicated there may have been as many as three victims of hazing. Both of the accused teens were expelled from the school.