Celebs Pledge $30K To Find Teens Who Pulled Cruel Prank on Autistic Boy

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After hearing a news report of an autistic boy who was the victim of a prank as part of an ALS ice bucket challenge, Drew Carey and other celebrities have offered police a reward to find the perpetrators.

Carey took to Twitter Saturday outraged by the report that a 14-year-old boy with autism in Bay Village, Ohio, had a bucket dumped on him that was believed to contain urine, feces and spit.

According to local media reports, the mother of the boy reported the incident to police last Wednesday after she found a video on Instagram of other youths allegedly dumping the contents on her son.

In a press release, the Bay Village Police Department said it's working with school officials to investigate.

"WTF? Just saw this. Horrendous. These kids should be arrested and expelled," Carey wrote on Twitter after seeing a media report.

"The Price Is Right" host, a Cleveland native, then posted a follow-up tweet saying, "If the Bay Village PD wants to start a reward fund to find who did this, contact me. I'll donate $10k."

A day later, Jenny McCarthy doubled the reward.

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"I'm joining Drew Carey's 10K Reward to Find Perpetrators Behind Horrible ALS Bucket Prank. Now it's 20k! #justice," she tweeted Sunday.

Then, her husband Donnie Wahlberg threw in another $10,000. Using an expletive to describe the prank, Wahlberg wrote, "I am joining @JennyMcCarthy and @DrewFromTV and offering another $10K to the reward! That makes 30K!"

After the police conclude their investigation, they will turn over their findings to the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor's Office for possible charges.

"Those involved will be held accountable for their actions," the department said in the press release.

School officials have also said that they will discipline any student who was involved.

"Our entire Bay Village Schools community is heartsick over the cruel actions taken against one of our special needs students," Superintendent Clint Keener said in a message posted Thursday on the district's website.

Celebrities and ordinary people have taken a dousing with buckets of icy water as part of a highly popular fundraising campaign that has raised millions for the ALS Association.