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FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — A man connected to the binge-drinking death of a Fresno State freshman in 2012 has pleaded no contest to charges of hazing and furnishing alcohol to a minor causing death.
The Fresno Bee reported Wednesday (http://bit.ly/1sHB0da) that 30-year-old Louis Serrato will be sentenced in Fresno County Superior Court on Sept. 16. He faces up to a year in jail.
Serrato is one of three defendants charged in the death of 18-year-old Philip Dhanens of Bakersfield.
Dhanens had a blood-alcohol level of 0.36 — nearly five times the legal driving limit — when he died while pledging the local Beta Upsilon fraternity.
Twenty-three-year-old Daniel Woodward Baker pleaded no contest last month to a single misdemeanor charge of hazing. He was sentenced to three years of probation.
Proceedings are pending against 26-year-old Aaron Joseph Raymo, who has pleaded not guilty.
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