2 admit hazing female FAMU band member

TALLAHASSEE, Florida -- Two former Florida A&M University band members, including one charged in the felony hazing death of drum major Robert Champion, today pleaded no contest to misdemeanor hazing for beating a female clarinet player last year, the Orlando Sentinel says.

Aaron Golson, 19, and Sean Hobson, 23, will serve a year's probation in Georgia, their home state, and report to a jail-work camp for one month. They initially faced felony charges for hazing Bria Shante Hunter, 18. The freshman was seeking to join a group of FAMU band members from Georgia called the "Red Dawg Order." She and Hobson attended the same high school.

The hazing occurred about three weeks before Champion died from a Nov. 19 beating aboard a bus after ...

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FAMU band members plead no contest in Bria Hunter hazing

TALLAHASSEE — Two Florida A&M University band members, including one charged in the felony hazing death of drum major Robert Champion in Orlando, admitted Thursday to hazing a first-year female clarinet player who was treated at a hospital after being beaten last year.

Aaron Golson, 19, and Sean Hobson, 23, avoided jail sentences for hazing Bria Shante Hunter, 18, who wanted to join the "Red Dawg Order," a group of FAMU band members exclusively from Georgia.

Both pleaded no contest to misdemeanor hazing.

They were ordered by Circuit Judge Charles Dodson in Tallahassee to serve a year's probation in Georgia, where they live, and report to a jail-work camp for 30 days. Prosecutors said medical records did not support felony hazing charges, which require proof of "serious bodily injury."

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