Tuesday 28 June 2022 07:36 PM Twelve frat boys set to be arraigned in hazing incident at University of New ... trends now
Twelve more members of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon (SAE) fraternity have turned themselves in over an alleged hazing incident at the University of New Hampshire.
On Monday, deputies from the Durham police officer arrested 12 fraternity members from the SAE chapter around 4 pm.
As of June 10, 41 fraternity members have been arrested, five members have yet to turn themselves in.
Earlier this month, police issued arrest warrants for 46 frat boys over an alleged hazing incident at the University of New Hampshire.
The alleged hazing incident took place on April 13 at the Sigma Alpha Epsilon (SAE) chapter house located at 28 Madbury Road in Durham, New Hampshire.
It is unclear what the details of the hazing incident were or how many alleged victims were involved, and if anyone was injured.
Durham police became aware of the alleged hazing incident after members of the University of New Hampshire reported it as a 'possible student hazing incident.'
On July 13, thirty-nine members are set to be arraigned at the 7th Circuit Court: Dover District Division, on Wednesday at 8:30 am.
On August 10, an additional five members are scheduled to be arraigned, official said.
Durham Police Department PIO and Deputy Chief David Holmstock told DailyMail.com that 'there were no deaths related,' to this alleged hazing incident.
'We are not sending out arrests one at a time as this will probably drag on piecemeal over the summer as they turn themselves in,' Holmstock said during a previous interview.
On Tuesday, Holmstock told DailyMail.com said more arrests are expected.
Holmstock said they were unable to provide further information on the case which is currently being investigated by the Stafford District Attorney's office.
An exterior photo of the stately Sigma Alpha Epsilon (SAE) fraternity house located at 28 Madbury Road in Durham, New Hampshire where the allegations of student hazing took place
A photo of one of the buildings on the bucolic New Hampshire University campus
The hazing charges are considered a class B misdemeanor. All 46 fraternity members could get fined up to $1,200 if convicted.
The Sigma Alpha Epsilon, New Hampshire Beta Chapter, was also charged with Student Hazing by an Institution and could face a fine of up to $20,000.
Durham police issued warrants for the frat members arrests on June 7.
On June 10, Durham police arrested 10 members of the SAE fraternity. Four days later, another 19 members of the same fraternity were taken into custody. They have all since been released.
Emily C. Garod, the deputy county attorney for the Strafford County Attorney's Office told DailyMail.com that there is 'no potential jail time' associated with the offense.
'Student Hazing is the only charges we expect to be forthcoming from this incident,' Garod said.
'New Hampshire law permits us to charge both the actor and subject of hazing, as well as any person present for hazing and fails to report it. The 46 individuals charged are associated with the fraternity SAE and fall within those three categories.'
Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity members: Patrick Haney, 20, of Andover, Massachusetts (pictured left) and Edward Murray, 21, of Weymouth, Massachusetts (pictured right)
Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity members: Patrick Stafstrom, 20, of Cromwell, Connecticut (pictured left) and Michael Dutton, 20, also of Andover, Massachusetts (pictured right)
Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity members: Ryan Burkett, 20, of South Easton, Massachusetts (pictured left) and Matthew Achin, 20, of Mansfield, Massachusetts (pictured right)
Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity members: Beau Vernet, 20, of Lexington, Massachusetts (pictured left) and Cameron Avila, 19, of Beverly, Massachusetts (pictured right)
Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity members: Brennan Hynes, 18, of Bradford, Connecticut (pictured left) and Sean Demarkis, 20, of Beverly, Massachusetts (pictured rightt)
Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity members: Ryan Reisner, 18, of Beford, New Hampshire (pictured left) and Matthew Harding, 20, of Lexington, Massachusetts (pictured right)
Erika Mantz, the spokesperson for the University of New Hampshire said the fraternity has since been suspended.
'We were made aware of the incident by the fraternity's national headquarters and immediately notified the Durham Police Department,' Mantz said, the news outlet reported.
'We have cooperated with police throughout the investigation and the fraternity was interim suspended pending the outcome of the police investigation. We take any allegation of hazing very seriously, and now that the police investigation is complete, we will be initiating a formal conduct process.'
David Pascarella, a spokesperson for the national Sigma Alpha Epsilon organization, told Fox 13 that they had launched an investigation into the allegations until the police launched their own probe, and had issued a Cease and Desist of the chapter.
'Sigma Alpha Epsilon denounces all acts of hazing and misconduct that do not represent the Fraternity's values defined by our creed, The True Gentleman,' he said, adding that the organization were 'fully cooperating with the local authorities' investigation and have urged all of our members to do the same.'
Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity members: Brendan Apkan, 21, of South Hampton, New Hampshire (pictured left) and Charlies Kavanagh, 19, of Sudbury, Massachusetts (pictured right)
Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity members: Matthew Ray, 18, of Sudbury, Massachusetts (pictured left) and Samuel Patterson, 20, of Avon, Connecticut (pictured right)
Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity members: Christopher Pacios, 19, of Northborough, Massachusetts (pictured left) and Nikolas Boruvka, 20, Westwood, Massachusetts (pictured right)
Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity members: Simon Roy, 20, of Portsmouth, Rhode Island (pictured left) and Nore Mendes, 18, Weymouth, Massachusetts (pictured right)
Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity members: Thomas Langlois, 20, of Windham, New Hampshire (pictured left) and Matthew Smeltzer, 20, of Harwich, Massachusetts (pictured right)
Kevin Russell, 19, of Ashland, Massachusetts was one of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity members that was arrested for allegedly participating in the alleged student hazing incident
His death was one of more than 280 hazing-related fatalities across America over the last 150 years. Some of the most recent incidents - dating back to 2011 - are shown above
America has a long, dark history of college hazing that has seen nearly 300 young students die in accidents while being initiated into Greek life.
The latest incident to shock the country was the October 2021 hazing of Danny Santulli, a 19-year-old who survived severe alcohol poisoning but is now blind and wheelchair-ridden as a result of it.
Danny's family's lawyer, David Bianchi, described it as the worst case of hazing injury the country has ever seen.
'You can't be more injured and still be alive,' he told DailyMail.com this week after filing a lawsuit against two of the frat boys involved. While Danny survived, more than 200 other kids have not.'
There is no official database for hazing deaths or injuries thanks largely to the blanket of secrecy that is immediately thrown on incidents by universities, fraternities and sororities.
The closest count to an official tally is that of Hank Nuwer, a journalist who has covered hazing and written multiple books on the topic.
By his count, there were 179 hazing deaths at American colleges between 1838 and 1999, and an additional 101 between 2000 and 2022.
Three boys died in 2021 after schools reopened following a year-long shutdown thanks to COVID. There were no hazing deaths in 2020 and so far, there have not been any in 2022.
In recent years, alcohol poisoning deaths have been on the rise. In all three suspected hazing deaths of 2021, the victim died as a result of acute alcohol poisoning.
There was a brief gap in hazing deaths in 2020 when college campuses closed as a result of COVID-19.
Now, with more kids rushing back to school, there are fears of an uptick - and experts however say hazing will be harder to police now that more and more kids are taking the rituals off-campus, out of the view of the schools which monitor them.
Adam Oakes (left) died at Virginia Commonwealth University last February as a result of alcohol poisoning. Phat Nguyen (right) died in November at Michigan State University
The frat members who have been arrested include: Matthew Achin, 20, of Mansfield, Massachusetts; Sean Demarkis, 20, of Beverly, Massachusetts; Michael Dutton, 20, of Andover, Massachusetts; Patrick Haney, 20, of Andover, Massachusetts; Matthew Harding, 20, of Lexington, Massachusetts; Edward Murray, 21, of Weymouth, Massachusetts; Ryan Reisner, 18, of Beford, New Hampshire; Cameron Avila, 19, Beverly, Massachusetts; Ryan Burkett, 20, South Easton, Massachusetts; Brennan Hynes, 18, of Bradford, Connecticut; Patrick Stafstrom, 20, of Cromwell, Connecticut and Beau Vernet, 20, of Lexington, Massachusetts.
Brendan Akpan, 21, of Springfield, New Hamphsire; Nikolaos Beka, 19, of Shrewsbury, Massachusetts; Nikolas Boruvka, 20, of Westwood, Massachusetts; Joseph Cleary, 20, of Plymouth, New Hampshire; Jason Crocker, 19, of Malden, Massachusetts; Anthony Gionta, 19, of Baldwin Place, NY; Tucker Guard, 20, of Marion, Massachusetts; Charlie Kavanagh, 19, of Sudbury, Massachusetts; Thomas Langlois, 20, Windham, New Hampshire; Nore Mendes, 19, of Weymouth, Massachusetts; Christopher Pacios, 19, of Northborough, Massachusetts; Samuel Patterson, 20, of Avon, Connecticut; Tyler Prout, 19, of Grafton, Massachusetts; Matthew Ray, 18, of Sudbury, Massachusetts; Simon Roy, 20. of Portsmouth, Rhode Island; Kevin Russell, 19, of Ashland, Massachusetts; Matthew Smeltzer, 20, of Harwich, Massachusetts; Joshua Tobin, 18, of Bedford, New Hampshire, and Austin Wackrow, 19, of Woburn, Massachusetts.
Seth Burdick, 19, of South Hampton, New Hampshire; Benjamin Chase, 18, of Hampton, New Hampshire; Robert Doherty, 19, of Wolfeboro, New Hampshire; Daniel Fachiol, 21 of Hampden, Maine; Charles Farrah, 20, of Grafton, Massachusetts; Robert Hardy, 21, of Atkinson, New Hampshire; Oliver Jacques, 19, of Auburn, Maine; Gabriel Kwan, 21 of Winchester, Massachusetts; Mason Steele, 19, of Williston, Vermont and Colby Travis, 19, of Pelham, New Hampshire.
DailyMail.com reached out to the University of Hampshire and the national chapter of Sigma Alpha Epsilon organization, and they have not yet responded to our request for comment.
Adam Oakes, 19, died in February 2021 after allegedly being ordered to drink a large bottle of whiskey during a rush party for the Delta Chi fraternity at Virginia Commonwealth University.
Oakes was a freshman at the university when he received a bid to the Delta Chi fraternity and attended a party on February 26, 2021 where he would receive his 'big brother.'
There, his family claims, he was told to drink a large bottle of whiskey and later passed out on a couch at an off-campus residence.
He was found dead the next morning, and the office of the chief medical examiner ruled that his death was caused by alcohol poisoning.
Eight students were later charged with unlawful hazing of a student in connection with
