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U.S. NEWSFriday 18 September 2015
5 arraigned in hazing death of New York City college student
Andy Meng, national chapter president for Pi Delta Psi fraternity fraternity pledge during an clothes and did an Internet that,” said Todd Green-
leaves court, Thursday, Sept. 17, 2015 in Pocono Summit, Pa. initiation ritual appeared search of his symptoms, berg, attorney for Andy
The first five of 37 suspects in the death of a New York City Thursday in a Pennsylvania waiting an hour before Meng, the former fraternity
freshman fraternity pledge during an initiation ritual appeared courtroom to face charg- taking him to the hospital, president. “Our deepest
Thursday in a Pennsylvania courtroom to face charges. es. according to court docu- sympathy, and the Meng
Fraternity members at Ba- ments. He died a day later. family’s deepest sympathy,
(Keith R. Stevenson/Pocono Record via AP) ruch College physically Five men, include the for- to the family of Mr. Deng.”
abused Chun “Michael” mer national president of Greenberg said Meng will
MICHAEL RUBINKAM vania (AP) — The first five of Deng during a December the Pi Delta Psi fraternity, plead not guilty.
Associated Press 37 suspects in the death of 2013 initiation ritual in the were arraigned on three Deng was the last of sev-
POCONO PINES, Pennsyl- a New York City freshman Pocono Mountains, about felony counts related to eral pledges to be hazed
100 miles (160 kilometers) what police say was an ef- that weekend. Police have
west of New York, then fort to conceal the crime, said he was treated more
tried to cover it up, police as well as one misdemean- harshly than the other
said. or charge of hazing. A pledges, though they have
Police say fraternity mem- magistrate released them not said why he was forced
bers blindfolded the on $50,000 unsecured bail to suffer extra abuse.
19-year-old Deng, forced and set a preliminary hear- A forensic pathologist de-
him to wear a heavy back- ing date of Oct. 16. termined Deng suffered
pack and then repeatedly None of the young men repeated trauma to the
tackled him during a haz- had anything to say to re- head, torso and thighs.
ing ritual known as glass porters, and only one of Pi Delta Psi, an Asian-Amer-
ceiling. Deng fell uncon- their lawyers offered com- ican cultural fraternity, was
scious and was carried in- ment. founded more than 20
side the house while frater- “Certainly, this is a tragedy. years ago at Binghamton
nity members changed his Everybody understands University in New York.q
‘Big Tony’ sentenced to life
in prison over 2001 mob hit
CURT ANDERSON shooting of Konstantinos
AP Legal Affairs Writer “Gus” Boulis during a dis-
FORT LAUDERDALE, Flori- pute over lucrative gam-
da (AP) — Anthony “Big bling ships. Trial evidence
Tony” Moscatiello was sen- showed Boulis was shot by
tenced Thursday to life in a hit man hired by Mosca-
prison without parole for tiello, a reputed member
the mob-connected 2001 of New York’s Gambino
slaying of a prominent crime family once head-
South Florida businessman ed by “Teflon Don” John
during a battle over con- Gotti.
trol of a fleet of gambling Just before he was sen-
ships. tenced, however, Mosca-
Broward County Circuit tiello made a short state-
Judge Ilona Holmes im- ment to Holmes denying
posed the sentence after any role in the killing and
a jury rejected the death contending that the hit
sentence sought by prose- man identified by pros-
cutors following more than ecutors is not the actual
three hours of delibera- killer. Moscatiello turned in
tion. Holmes said she had the courtroom to address
little choice but to follow Boulis nephew Spiro Naos.
the jury’s advice. “I truly am sorry about
Moscatiello, 76, showed what happened to Gus,
no reaction when the jury’s but I assure you I had noth-
decision was announced. ing to do with it,” he said.
He was convicted in July Naos said in a statement
of murder and murder that the verdict and sen-
conspiracy in the fatal tence was “fair and just.”q
