8 indicted in hazing death of BGSU student Stone Foltz

WOOD COUNTY — The Wood County Prosecutor’s Office indicted eight people in connection to the hazing death of Bowling Green State University student Stone Foltz on Thursday. Foltz, 20, died March 7 after being hospitalized following an off-campus, alcohol-fueled hazing incident.

According to our news partners at WTOL 11, eight men were charged today. While most face multiple misdemeanor charges, some defendants were charged with felony manslaughter.

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Here are the full list of charges announced today:

• Jacob Krinn, 20, of Delaware was charged with first-degree felony charges of involuntary manslaughter, third-degree felony involuntary manslaughter, reckless homicide, felonious assault, hazing, failure to comply with underage alcohol laws and obstructing official business.
• Daylen Dunson, 20 of Cleveland was charged with third-degree felony involuntary manslaughter, tampering with evidence, hazing, failure to comply with underage alcohol laws and obstructing official business.
• Troy Henricksen, 23, of Grove City was charged with third-degree felony involuntary manslaughter, reckless homicide, tampering with evidence, hazing, failure to comply with underage alcohol laws.
• Canyon Caldwell, 21, of Dublin was charged with third-degree felony involuntary manslaughter, tampering with evidence, hazing, failure to comply with underage alcohol laws and obstructing official business.
• Niall Sweeney, of Erie, Pennsylvania was charged with third-degree felony involuntary manslaughter, hazing, failure to comply with underage alcohol laws and obstructing official business.
• Jarrett Prizel, 19, of Olean, New York was charged with third-degree felony involuntary manslaughter, hazing and failure to comply with underage alcohol laws.
• Aaron Lehane, 21, of Loveland was charged with tampering with evidence, hazing, failure to comply with underage alcohol laws and obstructing official business.
• Benjamin Boyers, 21, of Sylvania was charged with hazing and failure to comply with underage alcohol laws. Wood County Prosecutor Paul Dobson said Boyers’ misdemeanor charges would be dismissed for the present time.

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First-degree manslaughter charges carry a maximum penalty of 11 years in prison.

Third-degree felony manslaughter charges carry a maximum penalty of three years in prison.

Felonious assault, a second-degree felony, carries a maximum penalty of eight years in prison.

The defendants are scheduled to appear in court on May 19.

The off-campus incident that led to Foltz’s death occurred at a Pi Kappa Alpha event on March 4. Foltz was found unresponsive in his apartment after the event. He was hospitalized for several days before his family made the decision to take him off life support. His organs were donated.

A month after Foltz’s death, BGSU announced that Pi Kappa Alpha had been permanently expelled from campus and would never be recognized again at the university.

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