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Hazing Charges Dropped For 5 Former VCU Students After Pledge's Death Hazing Charges Dropped For 5 Former VCU Students After Pledge's Death
Hazing Charges Dropped For 5 Former VCU Students After Pledge's Death The hazing charges against five former Virginia Commonwealth University students have been dropped, according to NBC4 Washington. Back in September 2021, Loudoun County's Adam Oakes died while pledging the Delta Chi fraternity at VCU, after some of the older members told him to drink a large bottle of whiskey, the website said. Six of the 11 former students involved in the hazing pleaded guilty or no contest, but a prosecutor working on the case did not release the reason why the remaining five students had their charges dropped, NBC4 Washington said. Click here for the full story from NBC…

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by AJ Goldbloom
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Hazing Law In Memory Of Virginia University Student Takes Effect: Here's What It Means Hazing Law In Memory Of Virginia University Student Takes Effect: Here's What It Means
Hazing Law In Memory Of Virginia University Student Takes Effect: Here's What It Means A new law that took effect in Virginia July 1 could help prevent other university students from the fate of Adam Oakes. The 19-year-old Virginia Commonwealth University Delta Chi pledge was instructed by the brothers to chug 40 ounces of Jack Daniel's Whiskey during a fraternity event that began at 8 p.m. on Feb. 26, 2021. The 350-pound freshman had a blood alcohol level of .419 — the point where people lose consciousness and when death occurs. That was the case for Oakes, whose brothers left him at the scene to die. Eleven witnesses were charged in Oakes' death, though none with…

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by Cecilia Levine
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PA Frat Bro Among Five Sentenced In Student's Hazing Death: Report PA Frat Bro Among Five Sentenced In Student's Hazing Death: Report
PA Frat Bro Among Five Sentenced In Student's Hazing Death: Report A 21-year-old Pennsylvania man was among five fraternity brothers sentenced in the hazing death of a March 2021 Bowling Green University sophomore, NBC News reports. Stone Foltz, 20, was forced to drink an entire bottle of alcohol at a Pi Kappa Alpha initiation event at the Ohio school, and was found unconscious by a roommate after members dropped him off their apartment, officials said. Foltz died three days after he was taken off life support. Niall Sweeney, 21, of Erie, who pleaded guilty to tampering with evidence and hazing, was one of the two men who was sentenced to house arrest…

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by Jillian Pikora