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EX-Penn State Frat Leaders Sentenced For Hazing Bergen Student To Death: PA AG EX-Penn State Frat Leaders Sentenced For Hazing Bergen Student To Death: PA AG
Ex-penn State Frat Leaders Sentenced For Hazing Bergen Student To Death: PA AG The former president and vice president of a frat at Penn State have been sentenced in connection with the death of a student from New Jersey, Pennsylvania Attorney General Michelle Henry announced on Tuesday, Oct. 1.  Timothy "Tim" J. Piazza, 19 of Lebanon, NJ, died at Hershey Medical Center in Hershey, PA, after being hazed at Beta Theta Pi fraternity on Saturday, February 4, 2017, according to his obituary and the AG's release.  Brendan Young, 28, of Malvern, Pennsylvania, and Daniel Casey, 27, of Ronkonkoma, New York, pleaded guilty to multiple misdemeanors including 14 …

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by Jillian Pikora
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Rutgers Frat Pledge Suffers Broken Skull, Brain Injury In Hazing Incident: Lawsuit Rutgers Frat Pledge Suffers Broken Skull, Brain Injury In Hazing Incident: Lawsuit
Rutgers Frat Pledge Suffers Broken Skull, Brain Injury In Hazing Incident: Lawsuit A 19-year-old Theta Chi pledge at Rutgers University is suing the school, the fraternity, its grand chapter, and more than a dozen fraternity brothers after falling down a flight of stairs in an alleged drunken hazing incident, leaving him seriously injured. Armand Runte, of Somers Point, was forced to drink "life-threatening" amounts of booze before tumbling down a flight of stairs at the Mine Street frat house in New Brunswick during "Big Brother Night" last month, according to a newly-filed lawsuit detailed by NJ Advance Media. The incident allegedly wasn't reported until hours later,&nb…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Sex Assaults, Football Hazing Incident Probed At NJ High School, Report Says Sex Assaults, Football Hazing Incident Probed At NJ High School, Report Says
Sex Assaults, Football Hazing Incident Probed At NJ High School, Report Says A sexual assault investigation is apparently under way at the same New Jersey school where a hazing investigation was launched earlier this week, according to an exclusive report by NJ Advance Media citing anonymous sources. The outlet reports that several females were sexually assaulted. These incidents are separate from the alleged hazing incident in which six older football players tried pinning down a younger athlete in the locker room as onlookers begged them to stop, as first reported by NJ Advance Media. Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office spokesman Christian Swendeman told Dail…

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by Cecilia Levine
Sports
Locker Room Hazing Incident Cancels Wall HS Football Game, Report Says Locker Room Hazing Incident Cancels Wall HS Football Game, Report Says
Locker Room Hazing Incident Cancels Wall HS Football Game, Report Says Officials cancelled the Wall High School football team playoff game Friday due to an alleged hazing incident involving players, NJ Advance Media reports. Video footage shows six older players -- including one holding a mop or broomstick -- swarmed and tried pinning down a younger player in the locker room as others pleaded for them to stop, the outlet said in an exclusive report. Parents told the outlet they believe sodomy was being attempted. The Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office is apparently investigating, but did not immediately return Daily Voice's request for comment. Wall was set…

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by Cecilia Levine
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LAWSUIT: Warren County Boarding School Wrestling Coach Ignored Years Of Harassment, Hazing LAWSUIT: Warren County Boarding School Wrestling Coach Ignored Years Of Harassment, Hazing
Lawsuit: Warren County Boarding School Wrestling Coach Ignored Years Of Harassment, Hazing A former Warren County boarding school wrestler has filed a lawsuit against the institution with claims that the team coach and other administrators ignored years of harassment and hazing by other team members. The former grappler, who joined the Blair Academy’s wrestling team in his 2016 freshman year, says in the suit that two older members assaulted him during a trip to a competition, NJHerald reports citing court records. During the alleged assault, the student was held down on a bed, pulled into a shower and stripped naked, according to the suit, filed in Sussex County Superior Court l…

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by Valerie Musson