GENESEO – The Geneseo Police Department arrested a suspect who is not a member of the suspended Delta Kappa Tau (DK) fraternity last Wednesday as part of an investigation into a fight at the DK house. According to a press release from Geneseo Police Chief Eric Osganian, Mel Ackley, 19, of Oneonta, NY was arrested for Harrassment in the Second Degree, a violation, for allegedly punching another student during a party in the early hours of April … [Read more...]
Geneseo Police Open Third Attack Investigation into Suspended DK Fraternity
GENESEO – Members of the currently suspended Delta Kappa Tau (DK) fraternity are again thought to have attacked a SUNY Geneseo student. According to a press release from Geneseo Police Chief Eric Osganian, Geneseo Police are reaching out to the public to call (585) 243-2020 with any information about this incident, which is thought to have occurred in the early hours of April 10. "The victim went to DK with a few friends at about 4 a.m. on … [Read more...]
SUNY Geneseo Fraternity Brothers Charged in Brutal Beating of Student
GENESEO – Three SUNY Geneseo fraternity brothers have been arrested in connection to the alleged assault of another student early Friday morning outside their fraternity house on Franklin Street. According to a press release from Geneseo Police Chief Eric Osganian, Perry Neci, 20, of Yorktown, NY, John Wolff, 21, of Bellport, NY, and Yagizan Balta, 24, of Turkey, are charged with Assault in the Third Degree, a misdemeanor, with further charges … [Read more...]
DA: PHIG Brothers Plead Guilty to Tampering
GENESEO – Phi Sigma Xi (Phigs) fraternity brothers Rich Rovner and Michael Green pled guilty to misdemeanors and were sentenced to community service and to pay a fine, a crime which District Attorney Greg McCaffrey said entailed removing drug paraphernalia from a fraternity brother's unresponsive body back in May of 2014. Rovner, 23, of Buffalo, and Green, 21, of Brooklyn, pled guilty to Attempted Tampering with Physical Evidence, an A … [Read more...]
House Parties Take a Hit in Passing of New ‘Social Host Law’
Reading this on your phone or tablet? Download our new app on Google Play and the Apple store. GENESEO – After a heated public hearing with members of the community and SUNY Geneseo students that at one point erupted into an intense argument between students and lifelong residents of the Village, the Village Board of Geneseo unanimously passed the first local law of 2015, dubbed the 'Social Host Law,' that establishes fines and possible … [Read more...]
SUNY Geneseo Comes Down on ‘PHIGS’ with Suspension
GENESEO — SUNY Geneseo has announced that they are temporarily suspending the Phi Sigma Xi, ('PHIG') fraternity after member Victor Lazarte, 19, was arrested and charged with Unlawfully Dealing with a Child for allegedly providing alcohol to an underage girl until she had to be hospitalized for possible alcohol poisoning. According to a statement from David Irwin, Media Relations Director for SUNY Geneseo, effective immediately all social … [Read more...]