Two more fraternity members charged over hazing death of student who died after 'he was ordered to down a 60-ounce bottle of vodka'
- University of Albany student Trevor Duffy died last fall after drinking vodka
- The 19 year old was hospitalized with four others after a frat initiation party
- He was seven times over blood alcohol limit having 'downed a 60z bottle of vodka'
- Last Friday two more men were charged, bringing the total to seven former and current students being charged in the case
- The men, aged 20 to 22, are charged with first-degree hazing
Two more fraternity members have been arrested in connection with the 2014 hazing death of a 19-year-old college student in New York.
Trevor Duffy, 19, died of excessive alcohol consumption last fall after drinking a 60-ounce bottle of vodka during an initiation into Zeta Beta Tau, an unrecognized fraternity at the University of Albany.
He was seven times over the legal blood alcohol limit when he was taken to Albany Medical Center on November 17, and died shortly after.
Albany Police spokesman Steven Smith said on Friday, Joseph Angilletta and Austin Bacchus, both 20, turned themselves in and were charged with first-degree hazing, which is a misdemeanor, NBC News reported.
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Trevor Duffy, 19, (left) died of excessive alcohol consumption last fall after drinking a 60-ounce bottle of vodka. Joseph Angilletta, 20, (right) turned himself into police on Friday and was charged with first-degree hazing
Austin Bacchus, 20 (left) turned himself into police on Friday and was charged with first-degree hazing. Last month, Keith Rosengarten (right), 20, was charged with the same offense
Duffy, along with other pledges, was allegedly 'required, encouraged and ordered' to drink nearly half a gallon of the 'alcohol of their choice', by the fraternity members who organized the November 15, 2014, hazing.
Last month, police arrested and charged 20-year-old Keith Rosengarten, 20-year-old Olaf Jablonski, 20-year-old Yuval Sucov, 21-year-old Jonathan Maldonado and 22-year-old Stephen Villa with first-degree hazing.
Duffy was one of five young men taken to the Albany hospital two days after the initiation event held by the underground frat at an off-campus home.
He died of anoxic encephalopathy, where the brain is deprived of oxygen.
Former students Olaf Jablonski (left) and Yuval Sucov (right), both 20, were charged with the same offense
Current students Jonathan Maldonado (left), 21, and Stephen Villa (right), 22, were also charged in the case
The other four men were treated and discharged.
An internal investigation at the university ruled Duffy's death the result of hazing, and found 24 students were guilty of drinking, drug-taking, and threatening or abusive behavior.
Court documents filed last year, read by The Times Union of Albany, detailed other hazing rituals the pledges were subjected to - such as having to fight one another, or eat the inside of a cigar.
According to the Times Union, Rosengarten was Duffy's fraternity 'big' brother.
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