5 Former FSU Fraternity Members Take Plea Deals in Hazing Death
Five of the nine men facing charges in connection with the hazing death of Andrew Coffey have accepted plea deals which all include jail time.
Five of the nine men facing charges in connection with the hazing death of Andrew Coffey have accepted plea deals which all include jail time.
The involuntary manslaughter charges were refiled by prosecutors after the same judge dismissed the charges back in September.
Four former members of Pi Delta Psi at Baruch College were sentenced for their role in the 2013 hazing death of freshman pledge Michael Deng.
An autopsy determined 20-year-old Pi Kappa Phi pledge Andrew Coffey died of acute alcohol poisoning and had a blood alcohol content of .447.
The organization was found guilty of five felonies and two misdemeanors after a pledge died from a traumatic brain injury.
Ohio State officials say 11 of the 37 Interfraternity Council chapters have been under investigation since the beginning of the school year.
Prosecutors say the FBI was able to recover deleted video footage from security cameras at Penn State’s Beta Theta Pi fraternity.
The punishments range from probation to expulsion, although Penn State officials will not provide names or specifics related to the disciplinary actions.
Five Wheaton College football players have been charged and suspended from the team following the alleged violent hazing of another teammate in 2016.
Dropped charges include involuntary manslaughter, while four of the 18 students facing charges were dropped from the lawsuit entirely.