Littleton police are investigating assault allegations among the Littleton High School football team, school officials announced in a letter to parents and staff Friday.

School leaders learned of the allegations through an anonymous tip Thursday and began investigating, Principal Thomas Velazquez wrote in a letter to football families that was shared with the wider school community.

The team’s Friday practice and dinner and Saturday scrimmage were canceled as a result, Velazquez wrote. School officials are fully cooperating with the police investigation.

Neither Velazquez nor Littleton Public Schools Superintendent Todd Lambert, who wrote the letter to the wider school community, provided further information about the nature of the allegations.

“We know you may have questions, but at this stage of the investigation we are not able to share more details,” Lambert wrote. “We will share additional information as appropriate.”

Littleton Police Department spokesperson Sheera Poelman confirmed the allegations were reported to a school resource officer but could not release further details because the case involves juveniles.

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Originally Published: August 26, 2024 at 3:17 p.m.