UPD makes 5 arrests in connection with assault

Posted on Oct 20 2015 - 12:22pm by Clara Turnage

The University Police Department arrested five students on charges of assault, hazing, and larceny Friday in connection with the assault of Sigma Pi fraternity member Jeremy Boyle.

One misdemeanor is for hazing, for which the University has a zero tolerance policy.  Tucker Cole Steil, a general studies major, was arrested on a felony-level charge of assault. James Declan Basile, a business student, was arrested on charges of assault, hazing and larceny. Christian Guy and Kyle Hughes, business majors, were arrested on charges of larceny. Austin Rice, engineering major, was arrested on charges of larceny as well.

Boyle, a junior accountancy major from Pennsylvania, was assaulted in the early morning of Oct. 6, suffering a concussion, several broken teeth, a ruptured eardrum and a lung contusion.

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