Hazing Charges Hit 2nd Student from Point Pleasant

A second West Virginia University student from New Jersey faces charges following an investigation of hazing at a fraternity.

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The Morgantown Police Department said Wednesday that 21-year-old Michael William Sousa of Point Pleasant Beach turned himself in and was charged with hazing and battery according to WBOY TV.

Police received information that a 19-year-old male was injured and physically assaulted while participating in an initiation at the Phi Kappa Phi fraternity on Nov. 15, 2013.

Police say Sousa was arrested on Friday.

Another student, 21-year-old Andrew Nemes of Huntington Beach, Calif., was charged on Dec. 17, 2013, with battery and hazing.