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<p>BELLEFONTE (AP) &#8212; Eighteen members of a now-shuttered fraternity at Penn State University and the frat itself are facing criminal charges in the death of a student who was fatally injured in a fall during an alcohol-fueled pledge night.</p><p>Eight frat brothers at Beta Theta Pi and the frat are accused of involuntary manslaughter. The other charges range from evidence tampering to furnishing alcohol to minors.</p><p>Police had said hazing and excessive drinking at the private chapter house Feb. 2 contributed to the death of Timothy Piazza, 19, a sophomore engineering student from Lebanon, New Jersey.</p><p>Penn State permanently banned Beta Theta Pi on March 30, accusing it of a &#8220;persistent pattern&#8221; of excessive drinking, drug use and hazing.</p><p>Help for Piazza apparently wasn&#8217;t summoned until about 12 hours after he was injured during events surrounding a pledge acceptance ceremony.</p><p>Piazza was found unconscious on a couch on the main floor when paramedics arrived after a call for help. He died two days later at a hospital.</p><p>Fraternity members turned over security camera footage to police but later asked the court to return it.</p><p>Since Piazza&#8217;s death, chapter alumnus Donald Abbey, a California real estate magnate, has sued the fraternity.</p><p>He wants more than $10 million he says he loaned the chapter to fix up the house and shore up its finances.</p><style>
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<div class="neCaption">This Oct. 31, 2014, photo provided by Patrick Carns shows Timothy Piazza, center, with his parents Evelyn Piazza, left, and James Piazza, right, during Hunterdon Central Regional High School football's &quot;Senior Night&quot; at the high school's stadium in Flemington, N.J. Prosecutors in Pennsylvania are set to announce, Friday, May 5, 2017, the results of a grand jury investigation into the death of the Penn State student, Timothy Piazza, who fell down steps Feb. 4, during an alcohol-fueled pledge ceremony.  (Patrick Carns via AP)</div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo0>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/web1_116427319-6c5ad27bac7e400c81468f282e2e1eb3.jpg</photo0><caption0>This Oct. 31, 2014, photo provided by Patrick Carns shows Timothy Piazza, center, with his parents Evelyn Piazza, left, and James Piazza, right, during Hunterdon Central Regional High School football's &quot;Senior Night&quot; at the high school's stadium in Flemington, N.J. Prosecutors in Pennsylvania are set to announce, Friday, May 5, 2017, the results of a grand jury investigation into the death of the Penn State student, Timothy Piazza, who fell down steps Feb. 4, during an alcohol-fueled pledge ceremony.  (Patrick Carns via AP)</caption0><photoCredit0></photoCredit0></div></div>

18 frat members, frat, charged in Penn State student’s death