Tuesday, February 19, 2013
Pi Kappa Alpha International Fraternity, Inc. has issued a statement after the family of David Bogenberger, 19, of Palatine decided to name them in a lawsuit, according to the Daily Herald.
The international fraternity named in the lawsuit brought by the family of Palatine native David Bogenberger, who died resulting from alcohol-related hazing, has issued a statement, according to the Daily Herald. Pi Kappa Alpha International Fraternity, Inc. expressed condolences to Bogenberger's family, according to the Daily Herald, and added that the local NIU fraternity has been suspended due to not meeting standards regarding alcohol and hazing. Bogenberger was just 19-years-old at the time of his death, and was a 2012 Palatine High School graduate. He was found unresponsive in his off-campus fraternity house, and died on November 2. During his initiation into the fraternity, Bogenberger had consumed more than five times the …
Saturday, February 16, 2013
The family of Palatine native David Bogenberger, who died after being involved in an alcohol-related incident at his NIU fraternity, is suing Pi Kappa Alpha International Fraternity, the local chapter and officers involved, the Daily Herald reports.
The family of David Bogenberger, a Palatine High School 2012 graduate, is suing the fraternity they believe are responsible for the young man's death in an alcohol-related hazing incident, the Daily Herald reports. Just before Christmas 2012, 22 arrest warrants were issued for members of the fraternity involved the night that Bogenberger, 19, had a blood alcohol content of 0.351, close to five times the legal limit for driving while at the fraternity. The complaint, according to the Daily Herald, named Pi Kappa Alpha International Fraternity, Inc., the local Kappa Alpha Eta Nu chapter at NIU, and officers of the fraternity involved in Bogenberger's initiation to the fraternity. Though Bogenberger's family moved to Florida after his May…
Thursday, December 27, 2012
James P. Harvey, a Northern Illinois University student facing hazing charges after the death of a freshman during a fraternity event, is due to appear in court on Dec. 28.
A Northfield man facing hazing charges following the death of David Bogenberger, 19, at a Northern Illinois University fraternity house, has surrendered to Northfield Police. Bogenberger was found dead in his NIU fraternity house on November 2. James P. Harvey, 21, turned himself in on Dec. 19 on a $15,000 warrant out of DeKalb County for hazing not sanctioned by the institution and hazing with bodily harm, police said. Harvey was released after posting $1,500 cash bond, or 10 percent of the bond, and was issued a Dec. 28 court date in DeKalb County, police said. Harvey, of 1717 Colonial Ln., Northfield, is vice president of Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity at NIU. He was among the five fraternity leaders who were issued a Class 4 felony …
Tuesday, December 18, 2012
About half of the NIU students facing criminal hazing charges in the death of David Bogenberger, 19, of Palatine, surrendered to police Tuesday.
Thirteen of the 22 Northern Illinois University students facing criminal hazing charges in the death of David Bogenberger, 19, formerly of Palatine, turned themselves into police Tuesday, the Associated Press reports. Members of the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity started to surrender after 22 arrest warrants were issued Monday. According to reports, five people were charged with felony hazing, and 17 face misdemeanor charges. Yahoo News reported late Tuesday seven of the men turned themselves in to authorities in Delkab; all have since bonded out. The others surrendered at different police stations, no information was immediately available on whether they posted bond. Those who surrender this week will appear in court Jan. 8, USA Today reports…
The Palatine native was found dead in his Northern Illinois fraternity house on November 2, five of the arrest warrants issued are for class 4 felony hazing, NBC 5 Chicago reports.
On Monday, twenty-two arrest warrants were issued relating to the death of Palatine native, David Bogenberger, NBC 5 Chicago reports. Bogenberger was found dead in his Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity house at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb on November 2. His death has now been determined to be alcohol and hazing-related, according to NBC 5 Chicago, and five of the warrants issued are for Class 4 Felony Hazing. Autopsy results showed Bogenberger, 19, had a blood alcohol content of 0.351, close to five times the legal limit for drivers, according to Northern Star, the NIU daily paper. The death was ruled accidental, the Northern Star reports, and according to DeKalb County Coroner Dennis Miller, Bogenberger had an enlarged heart and the …
Rick Edwards
1:29 am on Sunday, February 24, 2013
The post by Palman was so appalling to the tragic loss of parents of this young man, David Bogenberger, that failing to offer a post for them was simply unacceptable. Anyone making the slightest effort at researching the easily accessible connections on the PALATINEPATCH Website would find David's parents are NOT out "to get" anyone at this fraternity. But David's parents ARE using this lawsuit … more ›