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Hazing probe of girls' soccer team at Joliet, Ill. high school

Joliet West High School in suburban Chicago, where members of the girls' soccer team are being investigated for alleged hazing.

(CBS) JOLIET, Ill. - Officials in the Joliet Township school system are investigating hazing allegations against members of the girls' soccer team at Joliet West High School.

CBS Chicago reports pictures circulating online of one alleged target showed the victim being wrapped with plastic wrap.

The alleged hazing happened over the weekend at a tournament in Freeport, about 100 miles northwest of Chicago.

"We along with Joliet Police are investigating," said Freeport Police Department Deputy Chief Jeff Davis. "Whatever happened, happened in our jurisdiction."

He said if the investigation warrants, they'll pass it onto the State Attorney's Offices.

"Hazing/initiation is not tolerated," Joliet Township High School said in a statement on Wednesday," adding the school "immediately began to investigate," CBS Chicago reported.

"I was just disgusted to find out this type of thing happened," said Xochilt Correa, a mother who was at Joliet West Wednesday picking up her kids. "If it sends a message, then it sends the right message that it will not be tolerated."

CBS Chicago says at least one target of the alleged hazing may have been force-fed soap.

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