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Police investigating college baseball team for allegedly putting paint thinner in opponent’s water cooler
By Adam Spencer
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Police are investigating an incident that took place at a college baseball game in Kansas recently between Kansas Wesleyan and Bethany College.
Per a tweet from an account (not associated with either Kansas Wesleyan or Barstool), someone from the Bethany College program tampered with their water cooler by adding paint thinner to it.
You can see the tweet that caused the police to look into the matter below:
Putting PAINT THINNER in our water coolers to get our baseball players sick and still getting toasted by 31 runs is WILD. Stay classy! Glad all our players are okay #buckfethany pic.twitter.com/GqPFVqwQra
— KWU Barstool (@BarstoolKwu) April 25, 2022
A report from TMZ Sports linked to the police report into the matter. Per TMZ, some of the potential offenses the police are investigating include: criminal threat, contaminated food/water sources, battery, knowing/recklessly causing bodily harm and criminal damage to property.
Kansas Wesleyan issued a statement on the matter:
“Kansas Wesleyan is aware of the primary tweet — made by an account not affiliated with the university — regarding this situation. We take this extremely seriously. Therefore, we immediately began a thorough, in-depth review, with the priority of putting the health and safety of our student-athletes first.” The school continued … “This review, which includes complete cooperation with the Lindsborg, KS Police Department’s investigation of the matter, is ongoing and is a high priority.”
We’ll see what comes of this situation and the police investigation into the matter.
Adam is a daily fantasy sports (DFS) and sports betting expert. A 2012 graduate of the University of Missouri, Adam now covers all 16 SEC football teams. He is the director of DFS, evergreen and newsletter content across all Saturday Football brands.
