Maryland firefighters charged after flooding baseball field with truck hose during long-running feud
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Save the waterworks.

A report states that two Maryland firefighters have been charged due to a hose stunt that led to flooding a baseball field utilized by a college team during an ongoing feud.

According to NBC News, Montgomery County Fire Capt. Christopher Reilly and firefighter Alan Barnes face three misdemeanor charges each for this water-related act of retribution, which took place in July.

They each face two counts of malicious destruction of property and one count of disorderly conduct.

“The Montgomery County Fire Rescue Service takes this matter very seriously and is cooperating with the investigation,” Montgomery County declared in a statement on Wednesday.

Both Reilly and Barnes have been “removed from operational duties and placed on non-public contact status,” pending the outcome of an internal investigation, the statement said.

Defense attorney Richard Finci told NBC News the hosing was a result of an ongoing dispute between the firefighters and baseball players who constantly hit dingers or lose balls on the fire department property.

The fire captain told police officers he let the waterworks go on for about one minute before cutting the flow, NBC News reported, citing a criminal complaint.

Barnes allegedly moved the truck into position but did not touch the spigot.

Gallons flooded the Montgomery Blair High School baseball field in Silver Spring, which was being used by Cal Ripken Collegiate Baseball League team, the Silver-Spring Takoma Thunderbolts.

The field was drenched after a baseball smacked into one of the suspect’s pick-up truck,s which was parked at the firehouse in a lot adjacent to the field, Fox 5 DC reported.

That ball was apparently a home run.

“There are nine other leagues who play here, and we’re not the only ones that hit home runs,” Dick O’Connor, founder and director of the Thunderbolts, told 7News at the time.

The wooden-bat baseball league team was forced to cancel the game and lose a night’s worth of revenue, according to reports.

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