Sentencing hearings scheduled in hazing death

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Press Staff Writer

Sentencing hearings have been set for two defendants convicted in the fraternity hazing death of a student at Bowling Green State University.
Jacob Krinn will be sentenced July 8 and Troy Henricksen will be sentenced July 29 in Wood County Common Pleas Court.
After seven days of testimony and almost eight hours of deliberation by the jury, the two were found not guilty of all homicide and felony charges. Krinn was found guilty of hazing, furnishing alcohol to an underage person, and obstructing official business.
Henricksen was found guilty of eight counts of hazing and seven counts of furnishing alcohol to an underage person.
The hazing counts are fourth degree misdemeanors, carrying a maximum penalty of 30 days in jail. The count of obstructing official business is a second degree misdemeanor with a maximum penalty of 90 days in jail.
Each count of furnishing alcohol to an underage person is an unclassified misdemeanor, carrying a maximum penalty of six months in jail and a minimum fine of $500.
In Ohio, misdemeanor jail terms cannot exceed 18 months.
Six other defendants in the case entered into plea deals with the county prosecutor’s office.
In the spring of 2021, Stone Foltz, 20, was rushing a fraternity along with several others – most of whom were under the legal drinking age.
Foltz consumed a 1-liter bottle of bourbon during the event and was taken back to his apartment where he was left alone and became unconscious.
A roommate later found him and emergency medical service personnel were called. Foltz was taken to Wood County Hospital and then transported to Toledo Hospital, where he died March 7 without regaining consciousness.
The Lucas County Coroner ruled his death as “fatal ethanol intoxication during hazing incident.”
“Clearly, we would have wanted to honor Stone’s memory more substantially than this,” Paul Dobson, county prosecutor, said after the trial. “We are thankful that this case has brought greater attention to the senseless pain and loss which hazing brings. I am proud that this office convicted every individual who was charged and five of the eight have been convicted of felonies.”

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