Frat member pleads guilty for role in hazing death of NY college student during drinking binge
By APWednesday, September 23, 2009
Frat member pleads guilty in teen’s hazing death
GENESEO, N.Y. — One of three former members of a banned fraternity in western New York has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor for his role in the hazing of a college student who died of alcohol poisoning.
Daniel Wech, a 21-year-old from Buffalo, will spend weekends in jail for three months.
He pleaded guilty to unlawfully dealing with a child for allowing alcohol to be served to 19-year-old Arman Partamian (AR’-mahn par-TAY’-mee-in) during a drinking session at the State University of New York in Geneseo (jehn-uh-SEE’-oh).
Partamian, a sophomore from Queens, was found dead March 1 after drinking heavily for three days to gain membership in the off-campus fraternity.
Two other students are charged with hazing and criminally negligent homicide, a felony.
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