Zachary Hall, left and Sean Pennison, second from right, are escorted from LSU police headquarters to a waiting vehicle by LSU police officers on Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2017, after being booked on counts of hazing, in connection to the death of 18-year-old Maxwell Gruver. Ten men, most of whom were members of the fraternity, were booked on the hazing, and one, Matthew Alexander Naquin, was additionally booked on negligent homicide.
Elliott Eaton, left, accompanied by attorney J. Rodney Messina, right, walks to the entrance of LSU Police Dept. headquarters Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2017, to be booked on a charge of hazing, related to the Sept. 14 death of one of the fraternity's pledges, freshman Maxwell Gruver, 18, who autopsy reports showed had a high blood alcohol level. Ten men, most of whom were members of the fraternity, were booked on hazing, and one, Matthew Alexander Naquin, was additionally booked on negligent homicide.
Matthew Alexander Naquin, left, one of the LSU chapter Phi Delta Theta fraternity members booked at LSU Police Dept. headquarters Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2017, on charges related to the Sept. 14 death of one of the fraternity's pledges, freshman Maxwell Gruver, 18, is escorted from the building by LSU Police Dept. officers before being driven to East Baton Rouge Parish Prison. Ten men, most of whom were members of the fraternity, were booked on hazing, and one, Naquin, was additionally booked on negligent homicide.
Matthew Alexander Naquin, left, one of the LSU chapter Phi Delta Theta fraternity members booked at LSU Police Dept. headquarters Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2017, on charges related to the Sept. 14 death of one of the fraternity's pledges, freshman Maxwell Gruver, 18, is escorted from the building by LSU Police Dept. officers before being driven to East Baton Rouge Parish Prison. Ten men, most of whom were members of the fraternity, were booked hazing, and one, Naquin, was additionally booked on negligent homicide.
Matthew Alexander Naquin, left, one of the LSU chapter Phi Delta Theta fraternity members booked at LSU Police Dept. headquarters Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2017, on charges related to the Sept. 14 death of one of the fraternity's pledges, freshman Maxwell Gruver, 18, walks into the building. The man accompanying him declined to be identified. Ten men, most of who were members of the fraternity, were booked on hazing, and one, Naquin, was additionally booked on negligent homicide.
Matthew Alexander Naquin (right), 19, of Boerne, Texas, turns himself in to authorities at the LSU Police Department on a count of felony negligent homicide and a count of misdemeanor hazing in connection to the death of 18-year-old fraternity pledge Maxwell Gruver on Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2017.
Sean Pennison, 21, of Mandeville, turns himself in to authorities at the LSU Police Department on a count of misdemeanor hazing in connection to the death of 18-year-old fraternity pledge Maxwell Gruver on Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2017.
Nicholas Taulli, 19, of Cypress, Texas, turns himself in to authorities at the LSU Police Department on a count of misdemeanor hazing in connection to the death of 18-year-old fraternity pledge Maxwell Gruver on Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2017.
Zachary Hall, , 21, of Charlotte, North Carolina, turns himself in to authorities at the LSU Police Department on a count of misdemeanor hazing in connection to the death of 18-year-old fraternity pledge Maxwell Gruver on Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2017.
Ryan Isto, 18, of Canada, turns himself in to authorities at the LSU Police Department on a count of misdemeanor hazing in connection to the death of 18-year-old fraternity pledge Maxwell Gruver on Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2017.
Hudson Kirkpatrick turns himself in to authorities at the LSU Police Department on a count of misdemeanor hazing in connection to the death of 18-year-old fraternity pledge Maxwell Gruver on Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2017. (Advocate staff photo by REBEKAH ALLEN)
A New Orleans television news crew walks along Dalrymple Drive, getting video shots outside the LSU chapter house for Phi Delta Theta fraternity, Friday, Sept. 15, 2017. An autopsy of LSU freshman Maxwell Gruver, who was pledging Phi Delta Theta, showed that the 18-year-old had a highly elevated blood-alcohol level, according to East Baton Rouge Coroner Beau Clark. Gruver's death is being investigated as a possible hazing incident.
Zachary Hall, left and Sean Pennison, second from right, are escorted from LSU police headquarters to a waiting vehicle by LSU police officers on Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2017, after being booked on counts of hazing, in connection to the death of 18-year-old Maxwell Gruver. Ten men, most of whom were members of the fraternity, were booked on the hazing, and one, Matthew Alexander Naquin, was additionally booked on negligent homicide.
Elliott Eaton, left, accompanied by attorney J. Rodney Messina, right, walks to the entrance of LSU Police Dept. headquarters Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2017, to be booked on a charge of hazing, related to the Sept. 14 death of one of the fraternity's pledges, freshman Maxwell Gruver, 18, who autopsy reports showed had a high blood alcohol level. Ten men, most of whom were members of the fraternity, were booked on hazing, and one, Matthew Alexander Naquin, was additionally booked on negligent homicide.
Matthew Alexander Naquin, left, one of the LSU chapter Phi Delta Theta fraternity members booked at LSU Police Dept. headquarters Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2017, on charges related to the Sept. 14 death of one of the fraternity's pledges, freshman Maxwell Gruver, 18, is escorted from the building by LSU Police Dept. officers before being driven to East Baton Rouge Parish Prison. Ten men, most of whom were members of the fraternity, were booked on hazing, and one, Naquin, was additionally booked on negligent homicide.
Matthew Alexander Naquin, left, one of the LSU chapter Phi Delta Theta fraternity members booked at LSU Police Dept. headquarters Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2017, on charges related to the Sept. 14 death of one of the fraternity's pledges, freshman Maxwell Gruver, 18, is escorted from the building by LSU Police Dept. officers before being driven to East Baton Rouge Parish Prison. Ten men, most of whom were members of the fraternity, were booked hazing, and one, Naquin, was additionally booked on negligent homicide.
Matthew Alexander Naquin, left, one of the LSU chapter Phi Delta Theta fraternity members booked at LSU Police Dept. headquarters Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2017, on charges related to the Sept. 14 death of one of the fraternity's pledges, freshman Maxwell Gruver, 18, walks into the building. The man accompanying him declined to be identified. Ten men, most of who were members of the fraternity, were booked on hazing, and one, Naquin, was additionally booked on negligent homicide.
ADVOCATE STAFF PHOTO BY TRAVIS SPRADLING
Matthew Alexander Naquin (right), 19, of Boerne, Texas, turns himself in to authorities at the LSU Police Department on a count of felony negligent homicide and a count of misdemeanor hazing in connection to the death of 18-year-old fraternity pledge Maxwell Gruver on Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2017.
Sean Pennison, 21, of Mandeville, turns himself in to authorities at the LSU Police Department on a count of misdemeanor hazing in connection to the death of 18-year-old fraternity pledge Maxwell Gruver on Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2017.
Nicholas Taulli, 19, of Cypress, Texas, turns himself in to authorities at the LSU Police Department on a count of misdemeanor hazing in connection to the death of 18-year-old fraternity pledge Maxwell Gruver on Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2017.
Zachary Hall, , 21, of Charlotte, North Carolina, turns himself in to authorities at the LSU Police Department on a count of misdemeanor hazing in connection to the death of 18-year-old fraternity pledge Maxwell Gruver on Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2017.
Ryan Isto, 18, of Canada, turns himself in to authorities at the LSU Police Department on a count of misdemeanor hazing in connection to the death of 18-year-old fraternity pledge Maxwell Gruver on Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2017.
Hudson Kirkpatrick turns himself in to authorities at the LSU Police Department on a count of misdemeanor hazing in connection to the death of 18-year-old fraternity pledge Maxwell Gruver on Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2017. (Advocate staff photo by REBEKAH ALLEN)
A New Orleans television news crew walks along Dalrymple Drive, getting video shots outside the LSU chapter house for Phi Delta Theta fraternity, Friday, Sept. 15, 2017. An autopsy of LSU freshman Maxwell Gruver, who was pledging Phi Delta Theta, showed that the 18-year-old had a highly elevated blood-alcohol level, according to East Baton Rouge Coroner Beau Clark. Gruver's death is being investigated as a possible hazing incident.
Ten men wanted on arrest warrants in connection with the death of 18-year-old Maxwell Gruver, a pledge at Phi Delta Theta fraternity, have turned themselves in Wednesday to the LSU Police Department.
Almost all of the suspects identified by LSU — a group that includes eight current students and mostly active frat members — will be booked on the misdemeanor charge of hazing. But one student, 19-year-old Matthew Alexander Naquin, also faces a count of negligent homicide, which is a felony, as well as the hazing count.
Five others -- Isto, an LSU sophomore from Canada, Taulli, Kirkpatrick, Pennison and Hall -- had turned themselves in at the LSU Police Department on misdemeanor hazing counts by 11:15 a.m.
University spokesman Ernie Ballard said Forde was not enrolled this semester, but is a previous student. Gott is not currently enrolled, but he was enrolled at the time of the incident.
No disciplinary action has yet taken place from the university, Ballard said, so Gott's decision to un-enroll would have been voluntary.
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Top, from left: Zachary Hall, Patrick Forde, Nicholas Taulli, Hudson Kirkpatrick, Sean Pennison
Bottom, from left: Matthew Naquin, Sean-Paul Gott, Elliot Eaton, Zachary Castillo, Ryan Isto
Matthew Alexander Naquin of Boerne, Texas was convicdted on a count of felony negligent homicide and a count of misdemeanor hazing in connection to the death of 18-year-old fraternity pledge Maxwell Gruver. Naquin was originally arrested on Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2017.
Elliot Eaton, 20, of New Orleans. Booked on a count of misdemeanor hazing in connection to the death of 18-year-old fraternity pledge Maxwell Gruver on Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2017.
Zachary Castillo, 19, of Gretna. Booked on a count of misdemeanor hazing in connection to the death of 18-year-old fraternity pledge Maxwell Gruver on Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2017.
Patrick Forde, 20, of Westwood, Massachusetts. Booked on a count of misdemeanor hazing in connection to the death of 18-year-old fraternity pledge Maxwell Gruver on Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2017.
Sean Paul Gott, 21, of Lafayette. Booked on a count of misdemeanor hazing in connection to the death of 18-year-old fraternity pledge Maxwell Gruver on Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2017.
Zachary Hall, 21, of Charlotte, North Carolina. Booked on a count of misdemeanor hazing in connection to the death of 18-year-old fraternity pledge Maxwell Gruver on Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2017.
Ryan Isto, 18, of Canada. Booked on a count of misdemeanor hazing in connection to the death of 18-year-old fraternity pledge Maxwell Gruver on Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2017.
Hudson Kirkpatrick, 19, of Baton Rouge. Booked on a count of misdemeanor hazing in connection to the death of 18-year-old fraternity pledge Maxwell Gruver on Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2017.
Sean Pennison, 21, of Mandeville. Booked on a count of misdemeanor hazing in connection to the death of 18-year-old fraternity pledge Maxwell Gruver on Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2017.
Matthew Alexander Naquin, left, one of the LSU chapter Phi Delta Theta fraternity members booked at LSU Police Dept. headquarters Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2017, on charges related to the Sept. 14 death of one of the fraternity's pledges, freshman Maxwell Gruver, 18, walks into the building. The man accompanying him declined to be identified. Ten men, most of who were members of the fraternity, were booked on hazing, and one, Naquin, was additionally booked on negligent homicide.
Matthew Alexander Naquin, left, one of the LSU chapter Phi Delta Theta fraternity members booked at LSU Police Dept. headquarters Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2017, on charges related to the Sept. 14 death of one of the fraternity's pledges, freshman Maxwell Gruver, 18, is escorted from the building by LSU Police Dept. officers before being driven to East Baton Rouge Parish Prison. Ten men, most of whom were members of the fraternity, were booked on hazing, and one, Naquin, was additionally booked on negligent homicide.
Matthew Alexander Naquin, left, one of the LSU chapter Phi Delta Theta fraternity members booked at LSU Police Dept. headquarters Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2017, on charges related to the Sept. 14 death of one of the fraternity's pledges, freshman Maxwell Gruver, 18, is escorted from the building by LSU Police Dept. officers before being driven to East Baton Rouge Parish Prison. Ten men, most of whom were members of the fraternity, were booked hazing, and one, Naquin, was additionally booked on negligent homicide.
Zachary Hall, left, and Sean Pennison, second from right, are escorted by LSU Police officers booked at LSU Police Dept. headquarters Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2017, on charges of hazing related to the Sept. 14 death of one of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity LSU chapter's pledges, freshman Maxwell Gruver, 18, who autopsy reports showed had a high blood alcohol level. Ten men, most of whom were members of the fraternity, were booked on hazing, and one, Matthew Alexander Naquin, was additionally booked on negligent homicide.
Elliott Eaton, left, accompanied by attorney J. Rodney Messina, right, walks to the entrance of LSU Police Dept. headquarters Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2017, to be booked on a charge of hazing, related to the Sept. 14 death of one of the fraternity's pledges, freshman Maxwell Gruver, 18, who autopsy reports showed had a high blood alcohol level. Ten men, most of whom were members of the fraternity, were booked on hazing, and one, Matthew Alexander Naquin, was additionally booked on negligent homicide.
Matthew Alexander Naquin (right), 19, of Boerne, Texas, turns himself in to authorities at the LSU Police Department on a count of felony negligent homicide and a count of misdemeanor hazing in connection to the death of 18-year-old fraternity pledge Maxwell Gruver on Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2017.
Hudson Kirkpatrick, 19, of Baton Rouge, turns himself in to authorities at the LSU Police Department on a count of misdemeanor hazing in connection to the death of 18-year-old fraternity pledge Maxwell Gruver on Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2017.
Zachary Hall, , 21, of Charlotte, North Carolina, turns himself in to authorities at the LSU Police Department on a count of misdemeanor hazing in connection to the death of 18-year-old fraternity pledge Maxwell Gruver on Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2017.
Ryan Isto, 18, of Canada, turns himself in to authorities at the LSU Police Department on a count of misdemeanor hazing in connection to the death of 18-year-old fraternity pledge Maxwell Gruver on Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2017.
Nicholas Taulli, 19, of Cypress, Texas, turns himself in to authorities at the LSU Police Department on a count of misdemeanor hazing in connection to the death of 18-year-old fraternity pledge Maxwell Gruver on Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2017.
Sean Pennison, 21, of Mandeville, turns himself in to authorities at the LSU Police Department on a count of misdemeanor hazing in connection to the death of 18-year-old fraternity pledge Maxwell Gruver on Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2017.
Elliott Eaton, 20, of New Orleans, turns himself in to authorities at the LSU Police Department on a count of misdemeanor hazing in connection to the death of 18-year-old fraternity pledge Maxwell Gruver on Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2017.
Patrick Forde, 20, of Westwood, Massachusetts, turns himself in to authorities at the LSU Police Department on a count of misdemeanor hazing in connection to the death of 18-year-old fraternity pledge Maxwell Gruver on Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2017.
Zachary Hall, right, embraces attorney J. David Bourland, left, before being booked at LSU Police Dept. headquarters Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2017, on a hazing charge related to the Sept. 14 death of one of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity LSU chapter's pledges, freshman Maxwell Gruver, 18, who autopsy reports showed had a high blood alcohol level. Ten men, most of whom were members of the fraternity, were booked on hazing, and one, Matthew Alexander Naquin, was additionally booked on negligent homicide.
Attorney J. David Bourland, speaks Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2017 outside LSU Police Dept. headquarters, where 10 men, most of who were members of the LSU chapter of Phi Delta Theta fraternity, were booked on a hazing charge, related to the Sept. 14 death of one of the fraternity's pledges, freshman Maxwell Gruver, 18, who autopsy reports showed had a high blood alcohol level. One man, Matthew Alexander Naquin, was additionally booked on negligent homicide.
Attorney Franz Borghardt, left, walks toward the entrance of LSU Police Dept. headquarters, accompanying Sean Pennison, right, before Pennison was booked at LSU Police Dept. headquarters Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2017, on a charge of hazing, related to the Sept. 14 death of one of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity LSU chapter's pledges, freshman Maxwell Gruver, 18, who autopsy reports showed had a high blood alcohol level. Ten men, most of whom were members of the fraternity, were booked on hazing, and one, Matthew Alexander Naquin, was additionally booked on negligent homicide.
Hudson Kirkpatrick, one of 10 men booked at the LSU Police Dept. on the charge of hazing related to the Sept. 14 death of one of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity LSU chapter's pledges, freshman Maxwell Gruver, 18, exits his vehicle to walk into the building, Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2017. Most, but not all, of the men, were members of the fraternity. One, Matthew Alexander Naquin, was additionally booked on negligent homicide. Autopsy reports showed Gruver had a highly elevated blood-alcohol level.
An LSU Police Dept. vehicle leaves the parking lot Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2017 at its headquarters, located next to Tiger Stadium, background, to take to East Baton Rouge Parish Prison two of the 10 men booked on charges related to the Sept. 14 death of one of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity LSU chapter's pledges, freshman Maxwell Gruver, 18, who autopsy reports showed had a high blood alcohol level. Ten men, most of whom were members of the fraternity, were booked on hazing, and one, Matthew Alexander Naquin, was additionally booked on negligent homicide.
Sean Paul Gott walks toward the entrance to the LSU Police Dept., before being booked Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2017, on a hazing charge related to the Sept. 14 death of one of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity LSU chapter's pledges, freshman Maxwell Gruver, 18, who autopsy reports showed had a high blood alcohol level. Ten men, most of whom were members of the fraternity, were booked on hazing, and one, Matthew Alexander Naquin, was additionally booked on negligent homicide.
Photos: Current, former LSU students booked in connection with Maxwell Gruver hazing death case
Ten people, in total, were arrested on hazing charges in the death of Louisiana State University fraternity pledge Maxwell Gruver after a night of drinking, LSU officials said Wednesday.
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Top, from left: Zachary Hall, Patrick Forde, Nicholas Taulli, Hudson Kirkpatrick, Sean Pennison
Bottom, from left: Matthew Naquin, Sean-Paul Gott, Elliot Eaton, Zachary Castillo, Ryan Isto
Matthew Alexander Naquin of Boerne, Texas was convicdted on a count of felony negligent homicide and a count of misdemeanor hazing in connection to the death of 18-year-old fraternity pledge Maxwell Gruver. Naquin was originally arrested on Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2017.
Elliot Eaton, 20, of New Orleans. Booked on a count of misdemeanor hazing in connection to the death of 18-year-old fraternity pledge Maxwell Gruver on Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2017.
Zachary Castillo, 19, of Gretna. Booked on a count of misdemeanor hazing in connection to the death of 18-year-old fraternity pledge Maxwell Gruver on Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2017.
Patrick Forde, 20, of Westwood, Massachusetts. Booked on a count of misdemeanor hazing in connection to the death of 18-year-old fraternity pledge Maxwell Gruver on Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2017.
Sean Paul Gott, 21, of Lafayette. Booked on a count of misdemeanor hazing in connection to the death of 18-year-old fraternity pledge Maxwell Gruver on Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2017.
Zachary Hall, 21, of Charlotte, North Carolina. Booked on a count of misdemeanor hazing in connection to the death of 18-year-old fraternity pledge Maxwell Gruver on Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2017.
Ryan Isto, 18, of Canada. Booked on a count of misdemeanor hazing in connection to the death of 18-year-old fraternity pledge Maxwell Gruver on Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2017.
Hudson Kirkpatrick, 19, of Baton Rouge. Booked on a count of misdemeanor hazing in connection to the death of 18-year-old fraternity pledge Maxwell Gruver on Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2017.
Sean Pennison, 21, of Mandeville. Booked on a count of misdemeanor hazing in connection to the death of 18-year-old fraternity pledge Maxwell Gruver on Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2017.
Matthew Alexander Naquin, left, one of the LSU chapter Phi Delta Theta fraternity members booked at LSU Police Dept. headquarters Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2017, on charges related to the Sept. 14 death of one of the fraternity's pledges, freshman Maxwell Gruver, 18, walks into the building. The man accompanying him declined to be identified. Ten men, most of who were members of the fraternity, were booked on hazing, and one, Naquin, was additionally booked on negligent homicide.
Matthew Alexander Naquin, left, one of the LSU chapter Phi Delta Theta fraternity members booked at LSU Police Dept. headquarters Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2017, on charges related to the Sept. 14 death of one of the fraternity's pledges, freshman Maxwell Gruver, 18, is escorted from the building by LSU Police Dept. officers before being driven to East Baton Rouge Parish Prison. Ten men, most of whom were members of the fraternity, were booked on hazing, and one, Naquin, was additionally booked on negligent homicide.
Matthew Alexander Naquin, left, one of the LSU chapter Phi Delta Theta fraternity members booked at LSU Police Dept. headquarters Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2017, on charges related to the Sept. 14 death of one of the fraternity's pledges, freshman Maxwell Gruver, 18, is escorted from the building by LSU Police Dept. officers before being driven to East Baton Rouge Parish Prison. Ten men, most of whom were members of the fraternity, were booked hazing, and one, Naquin, was additionally booked on negligent homicide.
Zachary Hall, left, and Sean Pennison, second from right, are escorted by LSU Police officers booked at LSU Police Dept. headquarters Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2017, on charges of hazing related to the Sept. 14 death of one of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity LSU chapter's pledges, freshman Maxwell Gruver, 18, who autopsy reports showed had a high blood alcohol level. Ten men, most of whom were members of the fraternity, were booked on hazing, and one, Matthew Alexander Naquin, was additionally booked on negligent homicide.
Elliott Eaton, left, accompanied by attorney J. Rodney Messina, right, walks to the entrance of LSU Police Dept. headquarters Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2017, to be booked on a charge of hazing, related to the Sept. 14 death of one of the fraternity's pledges, freshman Maxwell Gruver, 18, who autopsy reports showed had a high blood alcohol level. Ten men, most of whom were members of the fraternity, were booked on hazing, and one, Matthew Alexander Naquin, was additionally booked on negligent homicide.
ADVOCATE STAFF PHOTO BY TRAVIS SPRADLING
Matthew Alexander Naquin (right), 19, of Boerne, Texas, turns himself in to authorities at the LSU Police Department on a count of felony negligent homicide and a count of misdemeanor hazing in connection to the death of 18-year-old fraternity pledge Maxwell Gruver on Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2017.
Hudson Kirkpatrick, 19, of Baton Rouge, turns himself in to authorities at the LSU Police Department on a count of misdemeanor hazing in connection to the death of 18-year-old fraternity pledge Maxwell Gruver on Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2017.
Zachary Hall, , 21, of Charlotte, North Carolina, turns himself in to authorities at the LSU Police Department on a count of misdemeanor hazing in connection to the death of 18-year-old fraternity pledge Maxwell Gruver on Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2017.
Ryan Isto, 18, of Canada, turns himself in to authorities at the LSU Police Department on a count of misdemeanor hazing in connection to the death of 18-year-old fraternity pledge Maxwell Gruver on Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2017.
Nicholas Taulli, 19, of Cypress, Texas, turns himself in to authorities at the LSU Police Department on a count of misdemeanor hazing in connection to the death of 18-year-old fraternity pledge Maxwell Gruver on Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2017.
Sean Pennison, 21, of Mandeville, turns himself in to authorities at the LSU Police Department on a count of misdemeanor hazing in connection to the death of 18-year-old fraternity pledge Maxwell Gruver on Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2017.
Elliott Eaton, 20, of New Orleans, turns himself in to authorities at the LSU Police Department on a count of misdemeanor hazing in connection to the death of 18-year-old fraternity pledge Maxwell Gruver on Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2017.
Patrick Forde, 20, of Westwood, Massachusetts, turns himself in to authorities at the LSU Police Department on a count of misdemeanor hazing in connection to the death of 18-year-old fraternity pledge Maxwell Gruver on Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2017.
Zachary Hall, right, embraces attorney J. David Bourland, left, before being booked at LSU Police Dept. headquarters Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2017, on a hazing charge related to the Sept. 14 death of one of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity LSU chapter's pledges, freshman Maxwell Gruver, 18, who autopsy reports showed had a high blood alcohol level. Ten men, most of whom were members of the fraternity, were booked on hazing, and one, Matthew Alexander Naquin, was additionally booked on negligent homicide.
Attorney J. David Bourland, speaks Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2017 outside LSU Police Dept. headquarters, where 10 men, most of who were members of the LSU chapter of Phi Delta Theta fraternity, were booked on a hazing charge, related to the Sept. 14 death of one of the fraternity's pledges, freshman Maxwell Gruver, 18, who autopsy reports showed had a high blood alcohol level. One man, Matthew Alexander Naquin, was additionally booked on negligent homicide.
Attorney Franz Borghardt, left, walks toward the entrance of LSU Police Dept. headquarters, accompanying Sean Pennison, right, before Pennison was booked at LSU Police Dept. headquarters Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2017, on a charge of hazing, related to the Sept. 14 death of one of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity LSU chapter's pledges, freshman Maxwell Gruver, 18, who autopsy reports showed had a high blood alcohol level. Ten men, most of whom were members of the fraternity, were booked on hazing, and one, Matthew Alexander Naquin, was additionally booked on negligent homicide.
Hudson Kirkpatrick, one of 10 men booked at the LSU Police Dept. on the charge of hazing related to the Sept. 14 death of one of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity LSU chapter's pledges, freshman Maxwell Gruver, 18, exits his vehicle to walk into the building, Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2017. Most, but not all, of the men, were members of the fraternity. One, Matthew Alexander Naquin, was additionally booked on negligent homicide. Autopsy reports showed Gruver had a highly elevated blood-alcohol level.
An LSU Police Dept. vehicle leaves the parking lot Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2017 at its headquarters, located next to Tiger Stadium, background, to take to East Baton Rouge Parish Prison two of the 10 men booked on charges related to the Sept. 14 death of one of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity LSU chapter's pledges, freshman Maxwell Gruver, 18, who autopsy reports showed had a high blood alcohol level. Ten men, most of whom were members of the fraternity, were booked on hazing, and one, Matthew Alexander Naquin, was additionally booked on negligent homicide.
Sean Paul Gott walks toward the entrance to the LSU Police Dept., before being booked Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2017, on a hazing charge related to the Sept. 14 death of one of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity LSU chapter's pledges, freshman Maxwell Gruver, 18, who autopsy reports showed had a high blood alcohol level. Ten men, most of whom were members of the fraternity, were booked on hazing, and one, Matthew Alexander Naquin, was additionally booked on negligent homicide.
J. David Bourland, who represents Hall, said he's confident his client did not commit a crime.
"We express our sympathy and condolences to the family for a very regretful event," Bourland said, adding that Hall has and will continue to cooperate with the investigation. "I'm confident my client has committed no infraction of the law and certainly not hazing."
Two weeks after LSU fraternity pledge Maxwell Gruver was declared dead after a night of drin…
Louisiana's law prohibiting hazing carries a maximum sentence of 30 days in jail upon conviction or a fine no more than $100, or both. The statute also notes that a student shall be expelled from the educational institution, apparently upon conviction.
A negligent homicide conviction carries a maximum sentence of five years in prison and a maximum fine of $5,000, or both.
Franz Borghardt, an attorney for Pennison, said it's important to remember that aside from one student facing a negligent homicide charge, the other students are not being booked with Gruver's death.
"Maxwell was a part of this fraternity," Borghardt said. "He was their friend. He was one of theirs."
Borghardt also said he had questions about the expulsion component of the hazing statute. He said it's questionable whether it's constitutional that a criminal statute could require a school to expel a student, noting his client has not yet been notified about his status as a student.
State District Judge Mike Erwin set Naquin's bail at $10,000. The judge set $5,000 bails for each of the nine other students booked.
The now-disbanded LSU fraternity which is being investigated for hazing in the recent death …
Gruver and other Phi Delta Theta pledges received a group text message Sept. 13 that "Bible Study" would take place that night at 10 p.m. at the chapter house, an exercise where pledges were asked questions about the fraternity and forced to drink if they answered incorrectly, according to an LSU Police search warrant filed in court last week.
LSU police said that several other interviews of witnesses "indicated that the pledges were forced to drink in excess."
Phi Delta Theta has since been kicked off LSU's campus, and LSU officials are reviewing policies governing Greek life.
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