The last of 11 defendants, charged with felony hazing in the death of Florida A&M University drum major Robert Champion, turned herself into local law enforcement Sunday.
20-year-old LaSherry Codner, of Miami, the only female to be charged with felony hazing, was booked into the Orange County Jail around 1:00 p.m. today.
Codner joins 10 other defendants booked into jails across the state, after State Attorney Lawson Lamar announced Wednesday, thirteen people would be charged in Champion’s hazing death, including 11 with felony hazing.
In addition to Coder, the 10 other defendants charged with felony hazing are:
- 21-year-old Ryan Dean, B/M, Leon County Jail
- 24-year-old Jonathan Boyce, B/M, Leon County Jail
- 19-year-old Aaron Golson, B/M, Gadsden County Jail
- 20-year-old Jessie Baskin, B/M, Miami-Dade County Jail
- 20-year-old Harold Finley, B/M, Palm Beach County Jail
- 23-year-old Bryan Jones, B/M, Hillsborough County Jail
- 21-year-old Benjamin McNamee, Miami-Dade County Jail
- 26-year-old Shawn Turner, B/M, Gadsden County Jail
- 23-year-old Caleb Jackson, B/M, Leon County Jail
- 24-year-old Rikki Wills, B/M, Leon County Jail
Champion, 26, died in Orlando in November 2011, after the Florida Classic game. The Medical Examiner, ruled his death a homicide, after an autopsy revealed there was “hemorrhagic shock due to soft tissue hemorrhage due to blunt force trauma sustained during a hazing incident.”
Since Champion’s death, several investigations have been launched, including one by FDLE.
It has been revealed that FAMU has a long history of hazing.
