Jeannette High School senior Terrelle Pryor, considered by many the top all-around high school athlete in the country, was charged with disorderly conduct after an incident Saturday at Kennywood Park.

Pryor, 18, was with friends at Kennywood for Phantom Fright Nights when he became involved in a verbal confrontation with another man, who he said inappropriately touched a female friend. West Mifflin Police Chief Joseph Popovich said the confrontation never became physical but confirmed it involved a female friend of Pryor's.

Kennywood police asked Pryor to leave the park, which he agreed to do, but he also demanded a refund. When police refused, Pryor called the Kennywood policeman a "rent-a-cop."

"I called him a 'rent-a-cop' but only after he swore at me and said, 'You are not getting anything back,' " Pryor said.

"He was asked to leave, and he refused to leave," Popovich said. "He was giving security a hard time with his language. He was just being mouthy."

Pryor said: "I wasn't being mouthy, I just said, again, that I wanted my money back because I was just there for five minutes."

West Mifflin police officer James Pawling escorted Pryor out of the park. "Once our police department arrived, he was cooperative," Popovich said.

Pryor was told he would receive a citation for disorderly conduct in the mail and was released. A hearing in front of District Judge Richard D. Olasz Jr. has yet to be scheduled.

Jeannette football coach Ray Reitz said: "The Jeannette School District, the football staff and, most of all, Terrelle, does not condone what happened and wishes that Terrelle would have handled things differently. In the end, though, we must all remember that this is an 18-year-old kid who made a mistake, but because of how high profile he is, it is a big deal. If you check the police blotter all over the country, a whole lot of young adults do these sort of things, but because he is Terrelle Pryor, it is a much bigger deal. We are confident that he'll learn from this mistake."

Reitz also said he would wait for the legal system to run its course before deciding if Pryor would face team sanctions.

"I just want to apologize to everybody," Pryor said. "Maybe I could have handled it differently, but in a way, maybe I should get some acknowledgement for sticking up for a girl who wasn't being treated the right way."