Indictments issued in BGSU fraternity hazing death

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Staff Writer

The Wood County Grand Jury has returned indictments against eight persons in the hazing death of Stone Foltz, a Bowling Green State University student.
The indictments stem from a Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity event on March 4 at an off-campus house which Foltz attended.
Indictments were issued against:
-Jacob Krinn, 20, Delaware, OH., on charges of first degree felony involuntary manslaughter; third degree felony involuntary manslaughter, reckless homicide, felonious assault, hazing, failure to comply with underage alcohol laws and obstructing official business.
-Daylen Dunson, 20, Cleveland, OH., on charges of third degree felony involuntary manslaughter, tampering with evidence, obstructing justice, hazing, failure to comply with underage alcohol laws, and obstructing official business.
-Troy Henricksen, 23, Grove City, OH., on charges of third degree felony involuntary manslaughter, reckless homicide, tampering with evidence, and failure to comply with underage alcohol laws.,
-Canyon Caldwell, 21, Dublin, OH., on charges of third degree felony involuntary manslaughter, tampering with evidence, hazing, failure to comply with underage alcohol laws, and obstructing official business.
-Niall Sweeney, 21, Erie, PA, on charges of third degree felony involuntary manslaughter, hazing, failure to comply with underage alcohol laws, and obstructing official business.
-Jarrett Prizel, 19, Olean, New York, on charges of third degree felony involuntary manslaughter, hazing, and failure to comply with underage alcohol laws.
-Aaron LeHane, 21, Loveland, OH., on charges of tampering with evidence, hazing, failure to comply with underage alcohol laws, and obstructing official business.
-Benjamin Boyers, 21, Sylvania, OH., on charges of hazing and failure to comply with underage alcohol laws.
Paul Dobson, Wood County prosecutor, said the multiple counts of hazing and failure to comply with underage alcohol laws reflect the allegation the defendants participated in providing “copious amounts of alcohol” to Foltz and other new members of the fraternity.
He said the misdemeanor charges against Boyers would be dismissed “for the present time.”
According to court records, a roommate later found Foltz unresponsive in his Bowling Green apartment. He was rushed to the Wood County Hospital and then transferred to Toledo Hospital where he died March 7.
The Lucas County coroner ruled the death an accident resulting from a fatal level of alcohol intoxication.

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