The grossest story of the high school football playoffs is now a criminal case — and it’s gone national.

Police in Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan, announced Tuesday morning that they will seek charges against the parent of a Bedford High School student accused of entering Grosse Pointe South High School without permission and defecating in a hallway after Friday night’s playoff game.

No charges had been filed as of Tuesday morning, and the suspect has not been publicly identified. But detectives say charges are coming — most likely a disorderly conduct-type offense.

“This is definitely a first,” Grosse Pointe Farms Detective Anto Trupiano told WXYZ-TV in Detroit.

Here’s what investigators say happened: after Grosse Pointe South beat Bedford 42-0 in the Michigan High School Athletic Association Division 2 district final on Friday, Nov. 6, the parent entered the school through a doorway left open for a band concert. He then walked through the building — past several bathrooms — turned a corner, stepped into a doorway and defecated in the middle of the school, according to Trupiano. Surveillance video captured the whole thing, including the man removing his sweatshirt as he left.

“We kind of don’t understand why he decided to walk through a bunch of different hallways to find a bathroom he walked past anyway,” Trupiano said.

Police tracked the man down using the school’s security video. He told them he had a “medical emergency” — an explanation detectives openly question.

The Grosse Pointe Public School System confirmed the incident in a statement on Monday, Nov. 9, signed by Superintendent Roy Bishop Jr.: “a review of the District’s security camera footage confirmed that an individual who was a parent of a Bedford High School student entered the school building without authorization and defecated in a hallway.” The district said it filed a police report and will cooperate with law enforcement.

Bedford Public Schools Superintendent Carl Schultz also issued a statement, and the Bedford High School football team released its own statement on Tuesday, Nov. 10.

Grosse Pointe South (10-1) advances to play Livonia Franklin (9-2) in the regional finals. Bedford’s season is over — and one parent’s night is now a police case.

Read our original report: Bedford Parent Accused of Defecating in Rival School’s Hallway After 42–0 Playoff Loss

Sources: New York Post; The Spun; The Monroe News

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