2 students arrested for harassment in hazing case
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – Two students at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, have been arrested on charges of harassing a fellow student who reported hazing at the Pi Kappa Phi fraternity.
The Knoxville News Sentinel (http://bit.ly/1cdiK1T ) reports David Baird of Hendersonville was booked into the Knox County jail on Thursday. Kelby Cowan of Brentwood was arrested Tuesday. Both were released Thursday on a $2,000 bond each.
Baird and Cowan are accused on sending threatening, profanity-laced text messages to Andrew Preston, according to an arrest warrant. Neither Cowan nor Baird had a listed phone number.
The messages were sent Nov. 23, a day after the hazing was reported to police.
Last week, Pi Kappa Phi’s national organization said it would close the UT chapter, which already was on disciplinary probation after a spring hazing incident.
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Information from: Knoxville News Sentinel, http://www.knoxnews.com
