UNC fraternity loses charter after drug bust
The charter for the Kappa Sigma fraternity at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has been revoked.
Kappa Sigma, Phi Gamma Delta and Beta Theta Pi at UNC were suspended in December, after federal investigators linked those three fraternities to a drug trafficking ring on campus.
"On Friday January 15, the Supreme Executive Committee of Kappa Sigma Fraternity withdrew the Charter of the Alpha-Mu Chapter at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The Charter was withdrawn for violations of the Code of Conduct of Kappa Sigma Fraternity by members of the Chapter. The Chapter will have 30 days to appeal this action," said Mitchell Wilson, the executive director for Kappa Sigma Fraternity.
On Jan. 12, the foundation that owns the house leased by Kappa Sigma at UNC terminated that lease, and the brothers had to find another place to live after Jan. 18.
Twenty-one people face federal drug trafficking charges, and prosecutors said at least 11 of them are believed to be current or former students at Appalachian State University, Duke University or the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Two of those people were members of the Alpha Mu chapter of Kappa Sigma on the UNC campus.
UNC Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz said at the time that none of the charged individuals were current students.
