The Brotherhood of the Brotherhood of Dartmouth College does not face a criminal position linked to the drowning of the student

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The prosecutors in Hannover are not advancing a criminal case against a brotherhood of Dartmouth College who was accused of organizing a part attended by a student who later subsequently drowned in the Connecticut river Last summer.

The “Risk President” of Alpha Phi had been summoned to appear in the district court of Lebanon last month to face a minor crime to provide alcohol to people under 21 years.

But on January 10, the police prosecutor notified the court that he would not advance when he presented the position, according to the court personnel.

Hanover Police announced last November that Alpha Phi, in addition to two members of the fraternity of Dartmouth, Beta Alpha Omega, Matthew Catrambone and Samuel Terry, were being accused of minor crimes to provide alcohol to people under the age of Drink in relation to death for death that is exhausted. of Won Jang.

The Catrambone trial is scheduled for April 1, while a trial date for Terry has not yet been established, according to judicial records.

Jang, 20, had attended a “social event” organized jointly by the two Greek organizations before night before swimming in the river and drowning on July 7.

The news that prosecutors would not present a criminal office against Alpha Phi were First time this week by the DartmouthDigital and newspaper service led by university students.

Why the police prosecutor decided not to pursue a criminal position against the Brotherhood is not clear.

Neither Prosecutor Mariana Pastore nor Mike Schibola, Hanover’s police officer who supervises the investigation, responded to comments requests on Wednesday.

Jana Barnello, a Dartmouth College spokesman, told The Valley News that Dartmouth had no role in the decision.

Alpha Phi is still subject to sanctions until 2026 after a conduct review of the organizational award committee of the school to provide alcohol at a party, Barnello said Wednesday.

“Alpha Phi admitted the responsibility of maintaining a social meeting where alcohol and hard alcohol was provided to the members and guests and in which the members and guests participated in a behavior that would reasonably expect to cause physical damage,” he said.

The Brotherhood Brotherhood is “suspended”, which means that it cannot organize events, collect fees or recruit new members, until the autumn period of 2025, which will be followed by three terms of “alcohol probation” It is allowed to organize events with alcohol.

The sanctions also include losing access to their brotherhood home in North Park Street from the summer period of 2025 until the end of the summer period of 2026, said Barnello.