4 Oklahoma State College fraternity contributors have been arrested in reference to the longhorn carcass positioned in entrance of any other fraternity remaining month.
Bennett Fady, Luke Ackerley, Brody Shelby, and Andrew King have been arrested on Wednesday and charged with misdemeanor illegal elimination/disposal of a carcass.
The lifeless longhorn was once discovered at the entrance garden of Oklahoma State’s FarmHouse fraternity on Dec. 1, the day earlier than the Large 12 Championship soccer sport between the Oklahoma State Cowboys and the Texas Longhorns, wherein the Longhorns received via a ranking of 49 to 21.
“F— FH,” was once branded at the cow. The animal additionally had a yellow tie-down strap tied across the base of its horns, and it was once mounted to a big concrete pillar at the FarmHouse fraternity porch. There was once a big lower at the longhorn’s stomach with interior organs uncovered.
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Bennett Fady, Luke Ackerley, Brody Shelby, and Andrew King have been charged with misdemeanor illegal elimination/disposal of a carcass. (Payne County Prison)
Stillwater Police found out from a necropsy record that the cow died of illness 36 hours earlier than the incident and that it had now not been killed to go away it at the FarmHouse fraternity garden.
FarmHouse fraternity contributors advised police they suspected rival fraternity Alpha Gamma Rho left the carcass amid an ongoing prank conflict between the 2 frat homes, an arrest warrant affidavit displays, in keeping with Fox 4.
Police reviewed surveillance video from the FarmHouse fraternity and noticed 3 folks pull up in a white Ford F-150 with a trailer and sell off the lifeless longhorn onto the valuables.
Investigators later discovered that the Alpha Gamma Rho fraternity held a birthday party at a member’s uncle’s space. Neighbors advised investigators they in most cases noticed 3 longhorns at the belongings, however handiest two remained after the prank, court docket paperwork confirmed.
Courtroom paperwork display that police went to Alpha Gamma Rho to talk with contributors of the fraternity, and management and an consultant stated they’d known fraternity contributors concerned within the incident however “declined to give you the identity of the ones folks.”
The arrest warrant affidavit stated investigators have been advised that Fady mentioned a plan to drop a lifeless longhorn at the FarmHouse belongings, however was once advised via fellow fraternity contributors to not perform the prank. The 4 arrested then requested any other member to borrow his truck to retrieve the cow, and the member showed to police he allowed Fady to make use of his truck.
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A necropsy record confirmed that the longhorn died of illness 36 hours earlier than the incident and that it had now not been killed to go away it at the FarmHouse fraternity garden. (Stillwater Police)
Police stated the 4 suspects tried to hide the truck used within the incident via now not right away returning it to its proprietor after dumping the longhorn and as an alternative parking it at the east aspect of the farm the place the cow was once picked and telling the landlord the place his car was once situated, in keeping with Fox 25. The truck was once then pushed to the landlord’s house in the midst of the night time, on the “recommendation of the fraternity, to steer clear of detection,” police stated.
A evaluate of video surveillance taken from the Alpha Gamma Rho fraternity space found out a vital hole within the safety video from the time earlier than and after the incident, court docket paperwork display.
“There was once a vital quantity of collective loss of cooperation from the Alpha Gamma Rho group, because it associated with the investigation into the incident,” an investigator stated in court docket paperwork.
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Police additionally attempted to interview the 4 suspects at police headquarters, however their legal professional advised police none of his shoppers would take part within the interview.
The 4 arrested are contributors of Alpha Gamma Rho. All 4 have been booked into the Payne County Prison and launched on their very own recognizance, and they have got all pleaded now not responsible.
“Oklahoma State expects all scholars to stick to school codes of behavior, and suitable motion can be taken in accordance with the end result of an ongoing interior investigation,” the college stated in a commentary to Fox 4.
