Mark Harris

The Republic | azcentral.com

Mesa police arrested a football player from Red Mountain High School on Saturday after reports that he had exposed himself in a football team picture published in the school yearbook.

According to police, Hunter Osborn, 19, said he was dared by a teammate to expose his penis when the team photo was taken in the school bleachers. That same team photo was put into the yearbook and team program.

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The yearbook, which included the football team picture, was distributed before school officials were aware of the incident. The program had been sold at football games, authorities said.

Osborn was 18 at the time of the picture. He faces 69 counts of indecent exposure, based on the students and staff who were present when the photograph was taken, and one count of furnishing harmful items to minors, according to Mesa Police Department spokesman Steve Berry. He said the investigation is ongoing.

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In a statement issued late Monday, Mesa Public Schools spokeswoman Helen Hollands said, "the district is dismayed by the actions of the students involved in the photograph. Their behavior does not reflect the values of Red Mountain High School or Mesa Public Schools."

Hollands said the yearbook has been recalled so the school can make the necessary edits to the picture.