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Police: Hazed Frat Pledges Wore Wigs, Wings, Panties
Fraternity Disbanded Amid Hazing Probe
Police: Hazed Frat Pledges Wore Wigs, Wings, Panties
Fraternity Disbanded Amid Hazing Probe
ORLANDO, Fla. -- One of the oldest fraternities at the University of Central Florida has been disbanded amid a hazing investigation.
Campus police and administrators are investigating possible hazing at the frat house on Oct. 26. According to police, a caller heard profane screaming, sobbing and moaning coming from the house. Police said they found pledges crawling on their hands and knees and wearing pink fairy wings, a rainbow-colored wing and a diaper, a striped prison uniform, a pink tank top, women's underwear and a blonde wig.
Three men were taken to a hospital, and the house smelled of beer, urine and vomit. Police said they saw "mangled hot dogs" on the floor, along with scattered beer cans and bottles.
A spokesman for the national Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity voiced "disgust" and said it doesn't think it's worth the effort to rehabilitate the local chapter. They are closing the chapter immediately, and the name and Greek letters will be removed from the fraternity house this week, according to the Orlando Sentinel.
The chapter has been in trouble before. It was suspended for a year in 2003 for suspected hazing. According to the Sentinel, in that incident a police report said that a man had his nose nearly ripped off in a truck crash, at least one man's hands were duct-taped together and drinking was suspected.
UCF police Chief Richard Turkiewicz told the paper that investigators interviewed dozens of people and got little cooperation. No arrests were made. When the crash happened, the fraternity was already on university probation for alcohol-related misconduct two weeks prior.
University spokeswoman Linda Gray told the Sentinel that three other UCF fraternities are under suspension or investigation.
Campus police and administrators are investigating possible hazing at the frat house on Oct. 26. According to police, a caller heard profane screaming, sobbing and moaning coming from the house. Police said they found pledges crawling on their hands and knees and wearing pink fairy wings, a rainbow-colored wing and a diaper, a striped prison uniform, a pink tank top, women's underwear and a blonde wig.
Three men were taken to a hospital, and the house smelled of beer, urine and vomit. Police said they saw "mangled hot dogs" on the floor, along with scattered beer cans and bottles.
A spokesman for the national Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity voiced "disgust" and said it doesn't think it's worth the effort to rehabilitate the local chapter. They are closing the chapter immediately, and the name and Greek letters will be removed from the fraternity house this week, according to the Orlando Sentinel.
The chapter has been in trouble before. It was suspended for a year in 2003 for suspected hazing. According to the Sentinel, in that incident a police report said that a man had his nose nearly ripped off in a truck crash, at least one man's hands were duct-taped together and drinking was suspected.
UCF police Chief Richard Turkiewicz told the paper that investigators interviewed dozens of people and got little cooperation. No arrests were made. When the crash happened, the fraternity was already on university probation for alcohol-related misconduct two weeks prior.
University spokeswoman Linda Gray told the Sentinel that three other UCF fraternities are under suspension or investigation.