PULLMAN, Wash. (AP) — The Whitman County prosecutor has filed criminal charges against 15 current or former members of the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity at Washington State University following the death of a student from alcohol poisoning.
The charges filed today are related to the death of 19-year-old WSU freshman Samuel Martinez of Bellevue, Washington. Martinez died of acute alcohol intoxication in 2019 after attending a fraternity event.
The men are charged with supplying liquor to one or more pledges at the fraternity event. A Prosecuting Attorney said furnishing liquor to minors is a gross misdemeanor punishable by up to one year in jail and a $5,000 fine.