15 fraternity members charged in connection with death of 19-year-old pledge in 2019
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Fifteen men who belonged to a Washington State University fraternity were charged Wednesday in connection with the alcohol-poisoning death of a 19-year-old pledge two years ago, officials said.
Whitman County prosecutors charged the former members of the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity with furnishing liquor to one or more minors, a gross misdemeanor that carries a jail sentence of up to a year and a $5,000 fine.
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(PULLMAN, Wash.) Fifteen men who belonged to a Washington State University fraternity were charged Wednesday in connection with the alcohol-poisoning death of a 19-year-old pledge two years ago, officials said.
Whitman County prosecutors charged the former members of the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity with furnishing liquor to one or more minors, a gross misdemeanor that carries a jail sentence of up to a year and a $5,000 fine.
The Whitman County Prosecuting Attorney s Office did not identify the men, who will be summoned to appear in the Whitman County District Court at an unspecified date.
The charges are related to the investigation of the death of Sam Martinez, a pledge at the fraternity who died of alcohol poisoning in November 2019 after participating in an event that was part of an initiation process at the fraternity, the Whitman County Prosecuting Attorney s Office said in a
Whitman County Prosecutor Denis Tracy has filed charges against 15 members of a Washington State University fraternity following an investigation into the 2019 death of WSU student Sam Martinez.
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Samuel Martinez, 19, died of alcohol poisoning after attending an Alpha Tau Omega fraternity event in 2019. His family said it was disappointed that criminal charges of hazing were not filed.