• Hazing Deaths Database:
  • Blog
  • Storytelling
  • Bio
  • High School Sexual Hazing Incidents
  • Campus Speaker: Hazing & Binge Drinking
  • Hank Nuwer: selected media coverage
  • World Hazing Incidents
  • “Hazing,” “Sons of the Dawn,” “Legend of Jesse Owens”

Hank Nuwer's Hazing Scholarship Site

Follow me on Social Media

  • Email
  • Facebook
  • LinkedIn
  • Twitter
  • YouTube

WFFA: Texas volunteer fireman gets penetrated with a chorizo in a violent physical hazing

April 8, 2015 By Hank Nuwer Leave a Comment

Excerpt and Video:

ELLIS COUNTY — Five volunteer firefighters are off the job in Ellis County. They and one other person face serious charges for what investigators say they did to a recruit.

The Texas Rangers investigated what’s described as a hazing incident and sexual assault that happened in January at the Ellis County Emergency Services District No. 6 Volunteer Fire Department outside Waxahachie.

Rangers said the sixth person arrested in the case recorded the act on her cell phone.

In a community where volunteer firefighters are held in high regard, people here were caught off-guard by these allegations. Court records paint a picture of a party-like atmosphere at the station house while members of the department sexually assault a new recruit.

After being arrested Monday night, five Ellis County volunteer firefighters woke up in jail Tuesday morning. Each faces charges of aggravated sexual assault. All but one have bonded out.

  • Alec Chase Miller, 28, of Waxahachie
  • Casey Joe Stafford, 30, of Midlothian
  • Keith Edward Wisakowsky, 26, of Waxahachie
  • Preston Thomas Peyrot, 19
  • Blake Jerold Tucker, 19

Court records say the volunteer firefighters first attempted to sexually assault the recruit using a broomstick. When that failed, they switched to a chorizo sausage.

Waxahachie resident Brittany Parten, 23, is charged with using her phone to document the sexual assault. Investigators say the participants can be heard “yelling and laughing with excitement” during the incident.

Reaction in Waxahachie was swift.

“How sad, very sad,” Trish Geer said. “I think that’s tragic.”

Richard Rozier, who served as president of the board that oversees the volunteer fire department until late last year, said he’s shocked and disappointed by the accusations.

“There was never any kind of indication that any of this kind of thing had happened or was happening,” Rozier said. “I think if we’d have known something like that going on […] action would have been taken obviously to stop it, and even deal with those who may have participated in it.”

Filed Under: Hazing News

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

You must be logged in to post a comment.

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Contact Inquiries

Hank Nuwer

Correspondence: Hank Nuwer at Hnuwer@hanknuwer.com   Phone number upon request.  Available presentations USA, … Email to book a date.

Sons of the Dawn

Sons of the Dawn: A Basque Odyssey: Hank's novel is for teens 11-18 but also meant to be enjoyed by … Read More

Hazing Deaths Database:

… Read More

Tallahassee police label December FSU fraternity death an accident, not hazing. Deaths involve FSU SAE and Sig Ep.

Here is the story link The death of a popular Florida State University student found unresponsive inside the Sigma Phi Epsilon house in December has been determined accidental, according to an autopsy released late Tuesday. The District Two Medical Examiner’s Office said the death of William Eppes Proctor, 22, was due to “right epidural hematoma due to […]

Pullman Police Chief Jenkins drops the ball in Big-Little death.

The police chief missed the deadline to post hazing charges. Shame on Pullman Police and the Prosecutor for letting the one-year statute of limitations expire in the “Big-Little” death of Sam Martinez, a travesty, at Washington State’s Alpha Tau Omega house. “We had our eyes on a potential more serious offense, that was manslaughter, and […]

Death of a rookie at Lyon College

The bruised body of James Gilfedder is undergoing an autopsy at this time while his teammates continue to play.   Gilfedder’s parents told Arkansas media that their son’s body was battered, and he consumed a fifth of alcohol at a team “hazing party.”  Police are waiting for autopsy results before commenting.  Media said the house […]

Another 2020 close call — TCU

Moderator: This is the same university that had injured pledges in September 2020: https://www.star-telegram.com/news/local/fort-worth/article218683030.html Benton McDonald  -INCIDENT #2.  So similar to death of Nicky Cumberland at University of Texas–Moderator January 28, 2021 TCU placed a fraternity on probation after a hazing investigation revealed that students involved in a car crash last November had been sent […]

Archives


Hank Nuwer's Hazing Scholarship Site is proudly powered by WordPress