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Charges filed against Penn State fraternity over unconscious student

Gene J. Puskar/Associated Press

Charges filed against Penn State fraternity over unconscious student

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — Police have filed alcohol-related charges against a suspended Penn State fraternity after a student suspected of drinking there was found unconscious and hospitalized.

The Centre Daily Times reports two misdemeanor counts of selling and furnishing liquor to a minor were filed against Delta Tau Delta on Monday.

State College police found the 18-year-old male student unconscious but breathing on a street on Sept. 28. He also had a cut on his leg from trying to jump a fence.

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Police say the student told officers he was drinking at the fraternity. The university suspended the fraternity in October.

All Penn State frats are under a social ban in the wake of the death of Timothy Piazza of New Jersey, who fell down the stairs at Beta Theta Pi in February after an alcohol-related hazing ritual.

A message seeking comment from the fraternity wasn’t returned Wednesday.

On Saturday, Penn State revoked recognition of two fraternities — Delta Upsilon and Pi Lambda Phi (Omega Gamma Chapter) — for alcohol violations, a day after the Centre County district attorney refiled most charges against 11 members of Beta Theta Pi in Mr. Piazza’s death. 

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Officials say the decisions involving Delta Upsilon and Pi Lambda Phi follow conduct reviews undertaken by the university administration. The actions effectively remove their recognition as student organizations through the spring 2018 and spring 2019 semesters, respectively.

Mr. Piazza,19, a sophomore from Lebanon, N.J. died at Hershey Medical Center after a night of drinking and hazing in the Beta Theta Pi house just off campus in State College. On Sept. 1, a judge dismissed the most serious charges in the case.

First Published: November 1, 2017, 1:46 p.m.

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