3 Charged in Binge-Drinking Hazing Death of Queens Teen

Three fraternity members have been charged with criminally negligent homicide after intensive hazing left a 19-year-old SUNY Geneseo student from Queens dead. Arman Partamian was found dead at a banned frat known as "The Pig House" after a three-day drinking binge. The accused Pig House members (ages 20 and 21 respectively) were seen ordering Partamian to drink more as he drunkenly jumped around a bonfire. An RA called 911 and reported, “The Pigs were forcing these individuals to drink entire bottles of alcohol around the fire, and they were, like falling over and vomiting and just, extreme, like hazing." In addition to the hazing accusations, one of the trio is facing charges for tampering after allegedly taking a fraternity jersey off of Partamian's unconscious body before cops arrived. The DA in the case said, "We've learned that many of the off-campus fraternities have been operating illegal drinking venues. They call them 'open parties,'...(They) pay $5 and get a cup and then drink without limitation."

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By Billy Parker in News on April 1, 2009 7:02 PM

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Clarice City

Pigs indeed. Hope they enjoy the fraternal order of Rikers Island.

7train

Idiots. Killed a guy and believe they were "just having fun"

JenChungsBaby

It appears that the price of an "open party" is the only thing in the world that hasn't gone up in the 21 years since I graduated college.

billybob

Poor family, he's one of millions of college students who partied excessively to start off college, and was pushed to the brink by some upstate lugheads. If proven true I can't believe that that one kid removed his sweatshirt while he lay there dead, that is beyond words. He probably played a video game or tried to get laid afterwards.

Sadly we'll see more of this as the stakes get higher and the experimentation of intoxication develops even further.

Steven

College is all about getting drunk every night and having sex with a different female/male every weekend and/or night.

Snoopy

Do those collegian mothers know about this? Easter dinner at mom's house to meet the relatives?

JacqueMehoff

what's the outcome on these cases? jail time? probation?

the university get's sued?

obviously this isn't the first time.

Dead Himmler

If the drinking age were 18 kids would learn how to drink responsibly from their parents instead of by other kids. You do not see this problem in Europe where the age can be as low as 15. Government trusts a 20 year old with a M1 tank but not a beer.

nycnewsjunkie

Thats a common misconception.

Decades ago this might have been right, but today it's no longer true. The binge drinking problem over there is actually worse in some cases because its not illeagal for teens to drink. Many European nations have been looking at INCREASING the drinking age to 18, 20 or even 21.

Dont believe me, just Google/ GoogleNews Binge Drinking and Europe.

KING

Its all fun & games till your buddy lays out and stops breathing. Booze is one of the worst things on this planet. It should be illegal to sell it. They are so worried about pot. This kills more people then anything. Silly little American boys will never learn.

Snoopy

Unfortunately America has tried banning the sale, transportation and the consumption of spirits. It didn't work. It's not the alcohol that causes this situation, it's the idiots that think it's funny to abuse others. Kids like this that think it's a joke to see someone else get totally fucked up are really the ones that are fucked up.

Snoopy

When did this all start? Drinking? Fraternities? This must be some new craze.

Honestly. Might I ask who joins college fraternities today? They sucked back in the mid-sixties and they suck today. Same old shit keeps repeating itself.

These assholes think it's cool to have a person get totally wasted and watch them fall down? What a waste of life.

NannyState

With most of the booze, dope, and shenanigans capped by the administrators, fraternities generally seem to be clubhouses for bi-curious jocks.