Six Penn State Altoona students and Sigma Pi fraternity members were charged on Friday in relation to the October death of an Altoona Area High School student.

Luke O’Shaughnessy, 21, Andrew Lee Demitis, 20, Alex Martinez, 20, Omar Seiam, 20, Mason Benjamin Wolfe, 20, and Grant Edward Elder, 19, are facing one misdemeanor count each of selling or furnishing liquor to minors, criminal conspiracy to engage in the selling or furnishing of liquor to minors, corruption of minors, criminal conspiracy to engage in the corruption of minors, recklessly endangering another person and criminal conspiracy to engage in recklessly endangering another person. All but Elder were also charged with one summary count of purchasing an alcoholic beverage by a minor.

The charges stem from an investigation into the early morning vehicle crash on Oct. 27, which killed 17-year-old Lundyn Treese after she was thrown from the truck allegedly driven by 19-year-old Jared Detwiler.

Detwiler, who was allegedly driving under the influence of alcohol at the time of the incident, is also charged in the case with homicide by vehicle and related offenses.

Through interviews, officers learned Treese, Detwiler and two other juvenile passengers had traveled to the residence known as the “Sigma” house at 400 Grandview Road. While the residence is affiliated with the national Sigma Pi fraternity, it is not recognized by Penn State Altoona, according to the affidavit of probable cause.

Jonathan C. O’Harrow, the director of strategic communications at Penn State Altoona, strongly discouraged students from joining any group that isn’t “recognized, supported by or accountable to the university” and directed any questions about the fraternity to its national organization.

A 16-year-old witness who attended the October party told officers that someone within their group of high school juveniles received an invite to the residence and, by using their cellphones’ location sharing, were able to follow each other to the Sigma house. She said the brothers typically checked for Penn State student IDs, but usually didn’t seem to care because she was able to get into parties before with her friends, the police report states.

In an interview, Seiam said they had issues with high school students sneaking into their parties. He told officers they had fraternity pledges work the doors, asking to see student IDs or other proof they were PSU students before being let inside. Seiam also said they don’t provide alcohol at their parties and don’t ask anyone to bring alcohol, court documents state.

When asked if no one was supposed to bring alcohol, and if no one within the house had alcohol, then who provided the alcohol to the group involved in the fatal DUI crash, Seiam said he did not want to say. Officers then asked how people were invited to Sigma parties, and Seiam said texts were sent out, but denied anyone inviting high school students, the report states.

Elder was also interviewed and told officers he was working the door the night of the accident. He said he asked partygoers to see proof they were PSU students, but people snuck in, sometimes with alcohol in their bookbags, according to the report.

Following a search warrant to download the contents of Seiam’s cellphone, officers found a Snapchat video Seiam took and shared in a group chat on Oct. 18, 2024, of an unknown female unconscious on a fraternity couch with empty beer cans around her. Members of the fraternity can be seen trying to wake the female, while the video was captioned “should we rape her.” Another member’s cellphone revealed messages with another member in which they discuss Treese’s death, with the first saying “Bro, everyone knows that girl was at our party and sh**,” to which the second replied “F*** us,” the report states.

Officers obtained 911 records, which showed Logan Township police had seven calls for service during the fall 2024 semester for reports of underage drinking parties, with multiple warnings being provided to the residence, court documents state.

The six are scheduled for preliminary hearings before Magisterial District Judge Matthew Dunio on April 10.