Onondaga County, New York, District Attorney Bill Fitzpatrick said the high school lacrosse players he is prosecuting over hazing allegations could have faced a much more serious fate.

Eleven high school students in upstate New York are being ordered to turn themselves into the sheriff’s office within 48 hours following a hazing stunt on younger lacrosse team members in which at least one student was taken to the remote woods and tied up.

At least 11 high school students in Syracuse, New York, have until Thursday to turn themselves in or face felony charges of kidnapping for their alleged involvement in victimizing at least five younger lacrosse players in an incident the district attorney says “goes way beyond hazing.