SYRACUSE, N.Y. (WSYR-TV) — Two Syracuse University students will be charged with hate crimes on Wednesday, September 24, one of them accused of crashing a fraternity’s Rosh Hashanah dinner and throwing pork on the floor.
The second student is accused of driving a car for the two of them to get away until being caught by police, Syracuse University administrators say.
Court paperwork identifies the students as Samuel Patten and Kyle Anderson, both 18 years old.
In a statement to the campus community Tuesday night, the SU administration explained what happened: “At approximately 6 p.m., brothers of the Zeta Beta Tau fraternity were gathered in their chapter house to celebrate the first night of Rosh Hashanah when a student, who is not part of the fraternity, reportedly entered the fratern