A judge has thrown out involuntary manslaughter and some of the other most serious remaining charges against 11 of the former Penn State fraternity members arrested in a pledge’s hazing-related death last year. It’s the second major blow to the prosecution’s case. District Judge Allen Sinclair on Wednesday threw out nearly 300 new or refiled …
A sophomore at Columbia University was reportedly found dead in his dorm room five days after overdosing on opioids. The New York Post reported that Gage Bellitto, 19, was found dead on December 27, after his parents hadn’t heard from him for several days and contacted police. At the time, authorities believe that the college student …
A junior at Northwestern University died on Sunday of unexplained causes and police are investigating her death. The Daily Northwestern reports that Kenzie Krogh, 20, died Sunday morning at Saint Francis Hospital, where her friends brought her on Saturday when she reportedly said she wasn’t feeling well. Krogh was a junior at the School of Education and …
An accused drug dealer provided the Oxycodone that killed a 19-year-old University of South Carolina student, according to charges recently filed in state and federal court. According to The State, Anthony “A.J.” Hunt, 22, was charged with illegal distribution of Oxycodone in connection with the death of Rachel Bandman, 19. Bandman, a public relations major and a …
Authorities have released the frantic 911 calls placed by Florida State University fraternity brothers who found a pledge dead of alcohol poisoning. The calls released Tuesday provide a glimpse into the frantic scene on November 3 after members of Pi Kappa Phi found pledge Andrew Coffey, 20, unresponsive after a night of binge drinking. During the …
Police have reportedly issued arrest warrants for nine frat members in connection with the hazing death of a 20-year-old pledge. According to ABC News, Tallahassee police announced Thursday that the nine men, all between the ages of 20 and 22, face charges for the death of Andrew Coffey, the Florida State University student who died …
One of the partygoers jumped from a second-story window when police arrived
A Texas grand jury has indicted the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity on hazing charges for a November 2016 incident in which a pledge was allegedly forced to roll around and feces and vomit, deprived of sleep, and body-slammed — which resulted in a lacerated spleen. ABC News reported that prosecutors said they are zeroing in …
Stanford University’s one-time swimming phenom is now devoting his time to clearing a criminal record that includes a conviction and six-month jail sentence for sexually assaulting an unconscious woman on campus in 2015. He was convicted the following year on three felony counts including intent to rape an intoxicated person. As the Washington Post reported, …
A district attorney’s office in Pennsylvania said it will reinstate most of the charges against 11 members at a now-nonoperational Penn State Fraternity, which were dismissed for incidents in connection with a sophomore pledge’s death earlier this year, according to Fox News. The incident comes after Tim Piazza, 19, fell down a set of stairs, …
A University of Southern California linebacker accused of sexually assaulting a woman last year accepted a plea deal that will spare him from prison. ESPN reported that Osa Masina, 20, pleaded guilty to three counts of sexual battery in a Utah court on Thursday. The deal means that Masina faces up to three years in …
The parents of a Georgia Tech student fatally shot by campus police Saturday night are demanding to know what led up to the deadly incident. Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that Chris Stewart, the attorney for the slain student’s parents, announced Monday morning that they plan to file a civil lawsuit against the university. Stewart accused campus police …
