Members of Kappa Delta Rho fraternity allegedly posted photos of mostly naked women, sleeping or unconscious, on two private Facebook pages.
Penn State University suspended the Kappa Delta Rho fraternity after members were accused of taking photos of mostly naked women – while sleeping or unconscious – and posting them online, according to the State College Police Department.
Members of the fraternity also posted pictures of drug sales and hazing on the two private Facebook pages, which had about 144 members, including current students and alumni, police said.
State College police applied for a warrant to search the Facebook page, called "2.0," on January 30 after a former member of the fraternity informed them about the page. The former member also brought his laptop to the police station and grabbed about 20 pages of evidence for investigators – including photos of women who were passed out, and text messages from women concerned about their interactions with frat members from the night before.
"Some of the postings were of nude females that appeared to be passed out and nude or in other sexual or embarrassing positions," the application read. "It appears from the photos provided that the individuals in the photos are not aware that the photos had been taken."
By the time the search warrant was approved and executed, much of the Facebook page was wiped clean, police told WJAC.
Lt. Keith Robb said the State Campus were able to download more photographs and information.
"Right now we're working through those," he said. "We're going through those images to determine what would rise to a criminal charge."
He said many of the photos he recovered were posed, party photos that did not include nudity.
"The ones we're concerned about are the ones with women who appear unconscious and unaware they were being photographed," he said.
Penn State is conducing their own investigation to see if student code of conduct was violated.
"Quite honestly will probably get more out of that [school's investigation] than the criminal system," he said. "What we're looking at is a misdemeanor."
In the exchange below a member responded to a lewd comment someone wrote about a female with "Lol delete those or we will be on cnn in a week."
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While the exact topic of the conversation below is unclear, one member's comments suggest the fraternity had previously been on probation.
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