Six frat boys get probation in UConn student's death

Six University of Connecticut students charged with alcohol crimes related to the death of a 19-year-old girl have avoided jail time. Rockville Superior Court Judge Carl E Taylor granted accelerated rehabilitation to the six men in written decisions issued this week.

Six University of Connecticut students charged with alcohol crimes related to the death of a 19-year-old girl have avoided jail time.

Rockville Superior Court Judge Carl E Taylor granted accelerated rehabilitation to the six men in written decisions issued this week. 

This is a special form of probation that will allow them to avoid jail and have their records wiped clean if they successfully complete the program.

The students were charged in connection with the death of nursing student Jeffny Pally, of West Hartford, who attended an off-campus party thrown by them.

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Six University of Connecticut students, who were charged with alcohol crimes related to the death of 19-year-old nursing student Jeffny Pally (pictured), have avoided jail-time and will instead receive a special form of probation that will allow them to avoid jail and have their records wiped clean if they successfully complete the program

Six University of Connecticut students, who were charged with alcohol crimes related to the death of 19-year-old nursing student Jeffny Pally (pictured), have avoided jail-time and will instead receive a special form of probation that will allow them to avoid jail and have their records wiped clean if they successfully complete the program

Police say Pally (pictured) drank alcohol at the party and fell asleep in front of the campus school's fire station bay door around 1:15am. When the door she was leaning on opened, Pally fell backward and was run over by the station's Chevy Tahoe

Police say Pally (pictured) drank alcohol at the party and fell asleep in front of the campus school's fire station bay door around 1:15am. When the door she was leaning on opened, Pally fell backward and was run over by the station's Chevy Tahoe

Police say Pally drank alcohol at the party and fell asleep in front of the campus school's fire station bay door around 1.15am.

When the door she was leaning on opened, Pally fell backward and was run over by the station's Chevy Tahoe. 

Her body was discovered after the fire rescue team returned from the call, which turned out to be a false alarm.  Pally's blood alcohol content was more than three times the legal limit for driving in Connecticut when she died on October 16.

The six men were ordered to perform community service and to make a charitable donation during their two-year probation.

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Patrick Callahan, 21; Matthew Moll, 21; and Dylan Morose, 22; all of Mansfield, Connecticut, were charged with eight counts of permitting a minor to illegally possess alcohol, as was Jonathan Polansky, 22, of Beverly, Massachusetts.

Austin Custodio, 21, of Pine Bush, New York, was charged with sale or delivery of alcohol to minors. 

Dominic Godi, 21, of Bolton, Connecticut, was charged with conspiracy to commit sale or delivery of alcohol to a minor.  

Patrick Callahan, 21 (pictured), of Mansfield, Connecticut, was charged with eight counts of permitting a minor to illegally possess alcohol Matthew Moll, 21 (pictured), of Mansfield, Connecticut, was harged with eight counts of permitting a minor to illegally possess alcohol Dylan Morose, 22 (pictured), of Mansfield, Connecticut, was charged with eight counts of permitting a minor to illegally possess alcohol

Patrick Callahan, 21 (left), Matthew Moll, 21 (center), and Dylan Morose, 22 (right), all of Mansfield, Connecticut, were charged with eight counts of permitting a minor to illegally possess alcohol

Jonathan Polansky, 22 (pictured), of Beverly, Massachusetts, was charged with eight counts of permitting a minor to illegally possess alcohol Austin Custodio, 21 (pictured), of Pine Bush, New York, was charged with sale or delivery of alcohol to minors Dominic Godi, 21 (pictured), of Bolton, Connecticut, was charged with conspiracy to commit sale or delivery of alcohol to a minor

Jonathan Polansky, 22 (left), of Beverly, Massachusetts, was charged with eight counts of permitting a minor to illegally possess alcohol. Austin Custodio, 21 (center), of Pine Bush, New York, was charged with sale or delivery of alcohol to minors. Dominic Godi, 21 (right), of Bolton, Connecticut, was charged with conspiracy to commit sale or delivery of alcohol to a minor

The six men each applied for accelerated rehabilitation in April, which is designed for first-time non-violent offenders a judge finds are unlikely to commit another crime, reported the Hartford Courant.

'I think it's an appropriate resolution, although I think he never should have gotten arrested in the first place,' defense attorney Anthony Spinella said of his client, Polansky. 

'In fact I don't think any of them should have gotten arrested.'

Spinella, a former prosecutor, said there were others who were more responsible for the incident than the six men who were charged.

The six are scheduled to appear in Rockville Superior Court June 29, but can avoid the appearance if they pay a fee for the program prior to June 23.

Pally's blood alcohol content was more than three times the legal limit for driving in Connecticut when she died on October 16

Pally's blood alcohol content was more than three times the legal limit for driving in Connecticut when she died on October 16

Back in March, Abraham and Shinymol Chemmarappally, Pally's parents, requested that the video of their daughter's death not be released as it would cause the family emotional anguish.

The Hartford Courant and the state Freedom of Information Commission filed court papers objecting to the request to withhold release of the video, saying that would circumvent the state's public records law.

The newspaper's lawyer wrote in a legal brief that public interest in the case is high, and withholding the video 'would inhibit the Courant's ability to report upon the actions of the taxpayer funded UConn Fire Department'.

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