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Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Volume 95 Issue 31
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Southern Miss student and long jumper, Markus Norwood, competes in the long jump at the team’s Black and Gold Inter-squad competition at USM on Saturday, Jan. 22.
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Two Sig Ep members take plea bargain Tyler Cleveland Printz Writer Two Southern Miss students are on probation after entering a plea agreement with the Forrest County Justice Court Wednesday. Andrew Asaro and Steven Quaintance were accused of simple assault by fellow-Sigma Phi Epsilon member Zachary Ridge stemming from an Aug. 12 inci-
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dent, but plead guilty to a lesser charge of criminal mischief. Quaintance and Asaro were originally charged with simple assault, but plead guilty to criminal mischief and received 60-day suspended jail sentences and 10 months probation, along with court costs, according to a statement by Forrest County Prosecuting Attorney Pam Castle. Simple assault can carry a fine up to $500 and/or six months in jail. If either violates probation, they will
have to serve the 60-day sentence. The Hattiesburg American reports that in the affidavit, Ridge claimed Quaintance and Asaro had “handcuffed him, punched and kicked him, sprayed him with Lysol and damaged various items in his room” at the fraternity house. The accuser’s father, Leo Ridge, said he was content with the punishment handed down by the court. “When you cross the line, you’ve got to pay,” Leo Ridge told the Hattiesburg American. “I
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didn’t want anybody to have their lives ruined, but I didn’t want it to just slide by and have everybody go about their business.” A suit against another Sigma Epsilon member, Chase LaGarde, is stillwaiting for the grand jury and district attorney to convene. LaGarde is charged with the aggravated assault of Stuart Ramsey on the night of Dec. 4. LaGarde’s charge is a felony, and could carry up to 20 years in prison. The university officially sus-
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pended the fraternity on Dec. 8, but Southern Miss Vice President of Student Affairs Joe Paul said the decision to issue the suspension was based not on those two events, but “because of the chapter’s failure to govern its own members and comply with university rules over time.” There has been no announcement as to how long the suspension will be. LaGarde is out on $15,000 bond.
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