Some local businesses have tried to clamp down on the game.Ī gym in Pickerington has posted a 'No Senior Tag' sign on its front door after high-school employees were ambushed by tag players as they left work, said Metro Fitness manager Amy Pallay. Three were to report naked teenagers.īut, other than the Coffman student, none of the reported incidents resulted in arrests because the students were gone by the time police arrived, von Eckartsberg said. Five were related to students shooting water guns out of moving cars. The nature of the game makes it easy for fun to cross into illegal activity: trespassing, public nudity and reckless driving.ĭublin police have received eight complaints from residents this week related to Senior Tag. Other students who were playing the game in the area weren't taken in, von Eckartsberg said, because 'they weren't naked.' But, with no prior arrests, he'll likely serve only community-service time through the city's diversion program, said von Eckartsberg. The Coffman student was charged with disorderly conduct. Heinz von Eckartsberg said.īut in many of the Senior Tag games, students who are naked can't be tagged out. 'As long as they are not breaking the law, we don't have a problem with it,' Dublin Lt. In Senior Tag, teenagers stalk and chase one another around town, aiming to hit opponents with water from squirt guns. Senior Tag - the annual underground game of tag with a twist - has returned this spring and already claimed a victim.ĭublin police arrested a 17-year-old Dublin Coffman student Tuesday afternoon when he was spotted running naked between houses on Monterey Drive. Police have warned of criminal charges.Īnd yet high-school seniors continue to run naked through their neighbors' yards spraying one another with water guns.

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