Published Tuesday, October 27, 2009 1:34 PM

Ex-frat members plead guilty in NY hazing death

Associated Press

GENESEO, N.Y. -- Two former members of a banned college fraternity have admitted they plied a student with so much alcohol during a hazing episode near the New York college campus that the young man died.

Nineteen-year-old sophomore Arman Partamian of Queens was found dead March 1 after drinking for three days to gain membership in the unsanctioned fraternity at State University of New York in Geneseo.

Fellow student Alex Stucki and Devin McClain, who worked at the college, pleaded guilty Tuesday to criminally negligent homicide in return for four months of weekends in jail. Stucki also pleaded guilty to tampering with evidence.

Another student pleaded guilty last month to a misdemeanor in return for three months of weekends in jail.

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