Wednesday, February 20, 2008

"The chapter has been placed on suspension pending the outcome of the investigation,” Grindel said.

10 Delta Chi pledges arrested in Estes Park

Boulder's Delta Chi Fraternity has been placed on suspension after 10 pledges were arrested over the weekend in Estes Park on suspicion of causing up to $10,000 in damage to two Super 8 Motel rooms.

Estes Park police were called to the motel about 2:30 a.m. Sunday and found large holes in the walls of two connected rooms, blood and vomit everywhere, destroyed furniture and a coffee pot filled with urine, according to a police report.

Officers said all the University of Colorado students were underage and suspected to have been drinking alcohol. They were arrested on suspicion of felony criminal mischief and underage drinking, and they were taken to the Larimer County Detention Center in Fort Collins

A representative of the Iowa-based Delta Chi Fraternity Inc.'s national headquarters is due to arrive in Boulder today to investigate the chapter and the men, ages 18 to 20, who are suspected in the vandalism, said Karl Grindel, assistant executive director of the headquarters......

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