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SLICK ROADS TO START YOUR FRIDAY MORNING COMMUTE. ALL RIGHT, JASON, THANK YOU. NEW TONIGHT. DISTURBING NEW VIDEO SHOWS AN ALLEGED HAZING INCIDENT AT A UNIVERSITY OF IOWA FRATERNITY. THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA CAMPUS POLICE BODY CAMERA VIDEO IS FROM THE ALPHA DELTA PHI HOUSE. BACK IN 2024. IT SHOWS 56 MALE PLEDGES BLINDFOLDED IN A BASEMENT. FIRST RESPONDERS WERE CALLED TO THE HOUSE FOR A FIRE ALARM. THEY SAY WHEN THEY GOT THERE, THEY FOUND THE PLEDGES, SOME OF WHOM YOU SEE ON THE CAMERA THERE WERE COVERED IN KETCHUP, MUSTARD AND ALCOHOL. 21 YEAR OLD JOSEPH GARCIA WAS ARRESTED. IOWA CITY POLICE SAY HE TRIED TO BLOCK OFFICERS VIEW OF WHAT WAS HAPPENING. THOSE CHARGES WERE LATER DROPPED. CAMPUS POLICE AND THE OFFICE OF STUDENT ACCOUNTABILITY INVESTIGATED THE INCIDENT. ALPHA DELTA PHI WAS SUSPENDED FEBRUARY 25TH OF 2025.
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Disturbing video reveals alleged hazing at University of Iowa fraternity
A disturbing new video from the University of Iowa Campus Police shows an alleged hazing incident at the Alpha Delta Phi fraternity house in November 2024, leading to its suspension until 2029.The footage reveals 56 male pledges blindfolded in the basement. First responders were called to the house for a fire alarm and found pledges covered in ketchup, mustard, and alcohol. Iowa City Police said 21-year-old Joseph Gaya was arrested for trying to block officers’ view of the incident, although the charges were later dropped.Campus police and the Office of Student Accountability investigated the incident, resulting in Alpha Delta Phi’s suspension on Feb. 25, 2025, lasting until at least July 1, 2029.
A disturbing new video from the University of Iowa Campus Police shows an alleged hazing incident at the Alpha Delta Phi fraternity house in November 2024, leading to its suspension until 2029.
The footage reveals 56 male pledges blindfolded in the basement.
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First responders were called to the house for a fire alarm and found pledges covered in ketchup, mustard, and alcohol.
Iowa City Police said 21-year-old Joseph Gaya was arrested for trying to block officers’ view of the incident, although the charges were later dropped.
Campus police and the Office of Student Accountability investigated the incident, resulting in Alpha Delta Phi’s suspension on Feb. 25, 2025, lasting until at least July 1, 2029.
