After Collin Wiant’s death in November 2018, Elijah Wahib instructed his fraternity brothers to not provide any information to investigators.
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The former president of the now-defunct Sigma Pi fraternity at Ohio University pleaded guilty Tuesday morning to drug and hazing charges in connection with the death of Collin Wiant.
After Wiant’s death in November 2018, Wahib instructed his fraternity brothers to not provide any information to Ohio University investigators. Former OU student Dominic Figliola, 21, of Athens, pleaded guilty in February to two felony charges of possession of drugs and a misdemeanor charge of hazing and failure to comply with underage alcohol laws.
Story continuesPerez, Figliola, Herskovitz and McLaughlin did not receive jail time, but all must complete the diversion program run by the Athens County prosecutor’s office. Figliola and McLaughlin also were placed on nonreporting probation for the hazing charge. Wade Wiant said that no holiday makes evident the complexity and sadness of Collin’s death for him like Father’s Day. The Wiant’s other four children know they can never eliminate all of his grief for a single day, which hurts their family, Wade said.Wade Wiant said Wahib “was elected to lead men and he failed.”
The charges came after the Dispatch, part of the USA TODAY Network, published a six-part investigation titled “Broken Pledge.” The project detailed the hazing and death of the 18-year-old freshman.
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