Three former fraternity members were sentenced on Thursday to prison and two others were placed under house arrest over the death of a Bowling Green State University student in 2021.
Jarrett Prissel, 19, Dylan Dunson, 22, and Ben Boyers, 21, all pleaded guilty to negligent manslaughter and hedging counts over the death of 20-year-old sophomore Stone Foltz by alcohol poisoning after an off-campus school event . Pai Kappa Alpha Fraternity in March 2021.
Niall Sweeney, 21, and Aaron Lehane, 21, both pleaded guilty to tampering with evidence and hedging.
Foltz was forced to finish an entire bottle of wine and was later found unconscious by her roommate after members of the fraternity dropped her off at their apartment.
His roommate called 911 and was taken to the hospital and died three days later after being put on life support.
Eight men were eventually convicted in connection with Foltz’s death. Sentencing for three other fraternity members is still pending.
Priegel was sentenced to 28 days in prison and two years of probation. Dunson received 21 days in prison and three years’ probation, while Sweeney was sentenced to 14 days in prison and two years probation, a judge ruled Friday. He was also sentenced to 28 days of house arrest.
Boyers and Lehane were sentenced to 28 days of house arrest and two years of probation.
“There will be no closure for our family until the haze on college campuses is permanently eliminated,” Foltz’s parents, Shari and Corey Foltz, said in a statement Thursday.
post with wires
