Ten LSU students were arrested today on hazing charges in connection with the death of fratnerity pledge Maxwell Gruver. One of suspects, 19-year-old Matthew Alexander Naquin of Texas, also faces a negligent homicide charge and Loyola University Law Professor Dane Ciolino says if found guilty of negligent homicide, he could be behind bars for some time…
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According to the arrest report, Naquin was alllegedly the fratnerity member that was most aggressive during the hazing event.

The East Baton Rouge Coroner’s Office has released the cause of death of Gruver. Dr. Beau Clark classifies it as a an accidental death due to acute alcohol intoxication…
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Clark says Gruver had a blood alcohol level of .495.

The CDC’s 2016 STD Surveillance Report finds Louisiana ranks second for chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis rates. Deputy Director for the Louisiana S-T-D—H-I-V Program Chaquetta Johnson says they are looking at ways to increase screening and testing to lower this high number…..
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The CDC also reports Louisiana had the second highest rate of HIV in 2016.

CenturyLink’s next chief executive tells the USA Today Network he will not live in Louisiana, but plans to keep the company’s headquarters in Monroe for now. Jeff Storey takes over as the leader of the Fortune 500 telecommunications company in 2019. The company and the state have a contract that requires Centurylink to remain headquartered in Louisiana through at least 2020. Centurylink employs over 27-hundred people in Louisiana.