Five University of Albany students charged over Trevor Duffys hazing death

April 2024 ยท 2 minute read

A fifth fraternity member has been charged with the hazing death of a New York college student.

Trevor Duffy, 19, died of excessive alcohol consumption last fall after drinking a 60-ounce bottle of vodka during an initiation into Zeta Beta Tau, an unrecognized fraternity at the University of Albany.

He was seven times over the legal blood alcohol limit when he was taken to Albany Medical Center on November 17, and died shortly after.

On Friday, Keith Rosengarten, 20, turned himself into Albany police and was charged with first-degree hazing, WNYT reports.

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Trevor Duffy, 19, (left) died of excessive alcohol consumption last fall after drinking a 60-ounce bottle of vodka On Friday, Keith Rosengarten (above), 20, turned himself into police and was charged with first-degree hazing

Trevor Duffy, 19, (left) died of excessive alcohol consumption last fall after drinking a 60-ounce bottle of vodka. On Friday, Keith Rosengarten (right), 20, turned himself into police and was charged with first-degree hazing

His arrest came a day after former students Olaf Jablonski and Yuval Sucov, both 20, and current students Jonathan Maldonado, 21, and Stephen Villa, 22, were charged with the same offense. 

Duffy was one of five young men taken to the Albany hospital two days after the initiation event held by the underground frat at an off-campus home.

He died of anoxic encephalopathy, where the brain is deprived of oxygen.  

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The other four men were treated and discharged.

An internal investigation at the university ruled Duffy's death the result of hazing, and found 24 students were guilty of drinking, drug-taking, and threatening or abusive behavior.

Court documents filed last year, read by The Times Union of Albany, detailed other hazing rituals the pledges were subjected to - such as having to fight one another, or eat the inside of a cigar. 

Video courtesy of WTEN - 10 Albany 

 

Also charged: Olaf Jablonski Also charged: Yuval Sucov

Former students Olaf Jablonski (left) and Yuval Sucov (right), both 20, were charged with the same offence

Also charged: Jonathan Maldonado Also charged: Stephen Villa

Current students Jonathan Maldonado (left), 21, and Stephen Villa (right), 22, were also charged in the case

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