MESA, Ariz. – An Arizona high school football player who flashed his privates during a team picture published in the school yearbook will avoid prosecution after a recent arrest on dozens of charges.

Red Mountain High School senior Hunter Osborn, 19, told police a teammate dared him to expose his penis during a football team photo that was later used in the school’s yearbook and on the program handed out at games, Fox 10 reports.

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“There were 69 students, ranging in age from 15 to 19, and 10 faculty members present when the picture was taken. Police said Osborn knowingly exposed the top of his penis through the top of the waistband of his football uniform pants during the photo session,” according to CBS 5.

Osborn allegedly told police he was later “disgusted” by his actions.

Mesa Det. Steve Berry said 3,400 students received a yearbook with the picture, as did countless fans who attended games and purchased the programs.

When school officials learned about the stunt, they called the police, and officers arrested Osborn Saturday – the day of his prom – on 69 misdemeanor charges of indecent and one felony count of furnishing harmful items to minors. The misdemeanor charges reflect the 69 students who were present during the picture.

“The number of charges may go up or down depending upon how the investigation continues,” Berry told CBS 5 shortly after Osborn’s arrest.

News of the arrest soon sparked a public backlash, both locally and online, where supporters started a Change.org petition that garnered well over 6,000 signatures calling on police to drop the charges.

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“He didn’t put the picture in the yearbook, he didn’t create the page, he wasn’t the editor who approved it, or the teacher responsible for publishing it or distributing it to students,” the petition read. “The teacher responsible for the yearbook should be fired. Red Mountain High School is using (Osborn) as a scapegoat instead of taking any responsibility! Hunter needs to be held accountable for his actions but that doesn’t mean ruining his life!”

Several students who spoke with the media agreed that the criminal charges were ridiculous.

“He made a dumb mistake a little bit, but I don’t think he should be charged so heavily for that,” senior Zach Anthony told CBS 5.

“It’s something that’s going to be on his record for the rest of his life,” sophomore Brooke Bodrero said. “The consequences are a little harsh.”

Apparently, Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery agreed, at least in reference to the more serious felony charge.

In a prepared statement issued Thursday, Montgomery said “an assessment of the available evidence for the felony charge of Furnishing Harmful Items to Minors … leads us to conclude that the evidence does not establish a violation of the statute.”

“MCAO has furthered review of remaining misdemeanor charges submitted by the Mesa Police Department for possible submittal to the Mesa City Prosecutor’s Office.”

Fox 10 reports police and prosecutors later decided to drop all the misdemeanors, as well, after all of the 69 alleged student victims of the stunt declined to press charges.

“I’m so happy with all the support, I am so thankful,” Osborn told ABC 15. “God is on my side and I’m blessed (by) everything that’s happened from the support side.”