
 
 STORRS, Conn. (WTNH) — Eight people have been arrested in Connecticut State Police‘s investigation into the death of UConn student Jeffny Pally. 
 
 On October 16, police were called to the UConn Fire Department after a student was hit by a fire truck responding to a call. Jeffny Pally, 19, was sitting on the ground with her back against the outside of the fire station door. When the door went up for officials to respond to the call, Pally fell back and was hit by a UConn Fire vehicle. 
 
 State Police say on January 31, they applied for arrest warrants for six students that had hosted an off-campus fraternity party that Pally had attended that night. According to the affidavit, Pally had three times the legal limit in her system. 
 
 On Friday, police arrested the following: 
 
 Patrick Callahan, 21, Mansfield, CT. Charged with eight counts of permitting a minor to illegally possess alcohol. 
 
 Matthew Moll, 21, Mansfield, CT. Charged with eight counts of permitting a minor to illegally possess alcohol. 
 
 Austin Custodio, 21, Pine Bush, NY. Charged with sale/delivery to minors. 
 
 Dominic Godi, 21, Bolton, CT. Charged with possession of alcohol by a minor. 
 
 Dylan Morose, 22, Mansfield, CT. Charged with eight counts of permitting a minor to illegally possess alcohol. 
 
 Jonathan Polansky, 22, Beverly, MA. Charged with eight counts permitting a minor to illegally possess alcohol. 
 
 The fraternity that the men were members of, Kappa Sigma, has recently lost its recognition on campus for sanctions unrelated to Pally’s death. 
 
 All of the men are due in court on March 8. 
 
 UConn sent News 8 the following statement: 
 
 Jeffny Pally was a talented, ambitious, promising young woman and her death was a terrible tragedy. The entire university community joins her family and friends in continuing to mourn her loss. The University appreciates the thoroughness of the Connecticut State Police investigation. Questions about that criminal investigation and the arrests announced today should be directed to the Connecticut State Police. Federal student privacy law prevents UConn from discussing whether individual students face discipline cases. Generally speaking, any UConn student found to have violated the provisions of The Student Code may face penalties that range from probation to expulsion. The University has the authority to apply the requirements of the Code to students even when their conduct takes place off campus. The fraternity referenced in the arrest warrant affidavit, Kappa Sigma, recently lost its UConn recognition and housing based on off-campus incidents in September and October. Those incidents, which are referenced in the attached sanctions letter, were unrelated to Jeffny’s death. Kappa Sigma’s national office also has revoked the local group’s charter. 
 
 The call that the fire department was responding to when Pally was killed turned out to be a false alarm. UConn police says that two students were involved in setting off a fire alarm that night. According to police, 20-year-old Jacob San-Juan and 19-year-old Michael Vaz stole a fire extinguisher from the Gant Science Building and set it off on the fourth floor of Russell Hall, a dormitory within the Northwest Residence Halls. 
 
 Vaz and San-Juan are each charged with two counts of fourth-degree criminal mischief and sixth-degree larceny. They are due in court on March 6. ||||| State police have charged six University of Connecticut students with alcohol-related offenses in connection with the October death of student Jeffny Pally, who was killed when she was run over by a UConn Fire Department vehicle. 
 
 State police said the students charged were involved in hosting an off-campus party at a house affiliated with Kappa Sigma fraternity that Pally, 19, of West Hartford attended prior to the fatal incident. People gathered at the party to build a float for UConn's homecoming parade, which was scheduled for later in the day. The six students charged were Kappa Sigma members. 
 
 Kappa Sigma fraternity was suspended by UConn on Feb. 1 after an investigation found that the organization violated UConn's student code by providing alcohol to minors and engaging in disruptive and endangering behavior, according to university records. 
 
 Pally's blood alcohol content was more than three times what is considered legally drunk in Connecticut, according to the arrest warrant. 
 
 Those charged were: 
 
 Patrick Callahan, 21, Matthew Moll, 21, and Dylan Morose, 22, all of 51 Baxter Road, Mansfield; each charged with eight counts of permitting a minor to illegally possess alcohol. They were the hosts of the party where Pally was seen consuming alcohol prior to her death, according to the arrest warrant. 
 
 Austin Custodio, 21, of Boyce Road, Pine Bush, N.Y.; sale or delivery of alcohol to minors. Custodio is accused of buying the beer and vodka consumed at the party at 51 Baxter Road. 
 
 Dominic Godi, 21, of Meadow Road, Bolton; charged with conspiracy to commit sale or delivery of alcohol to minor. Godi was social chairman of the Kappa Sigma fraternity and after Custodio purchased the alcohol Godi transported it to 51 Baxter Road, according to the warrant. 
 
 Jonathan Polansky, 22, of Sherman Street, Beverly, Mass., charged with eight counts of permitting a minor to illegal possess alcohol. At the time of the party, Polansky was on the lease at 51 Baxter Road and attended the party, according to the warrant. 
 
 All were released from custody without having to post bail and are to be arraigned March 8 at Superior Court in Rockville. 
 
 In addition, in October UConn police charged two students with larceny and two counts of criminal mischief in connection with the alarm that firefighters responded to when Pally was killed. 
 
 Jacob San-Juan, 20, and Michael Vaz, 19, are accused of stealing a fire extinguisher from the Gant Science Building and then discharging it on the fourth floor of Russell Hall. Their cases are pending. 
 
 State police said Pally was struck and killed by the fire department vehicle as it responded to an alarm at 1:13 a.m. on Oct. 16. Pally was seated with her back against the exterior door of one of the fire station's bays. When the door opened so that the fire vehicle could respond, Pally fell back. She was then struck by the Chevy Tahoe driven by the shift commander, Dana E. Barrow Jr., 60. 
 
 A state police review of surveillance cameras showed that Pally was leaning against the garage door for at least 20 minutes before she was struck. After she was struck, her body was not found until about 30 minutes later when firefighters returned from the call. By that point she had no pulse and was not breathing, according to court records. 
 
 Barrow told state police that he felt a bump as he drove from the garage bay, but thought he'd driven over some firefighting equipment. When he looked in the rear view mirror, he told investigators, he saw something on the ground but thought it was gear. 
 
 According to court records, witnesses told state police that Pally had been drinking before the incident. Toxicology testing revealed that Pally's blood alcohol content was .25, more than three times what is considered legally drunk in Connecticut. 
 
 Barrow will not be charged, Tolland State's Attorney Matthew Gedansky said Friday. 
 
 "The accident reconstruction investigation determined that the firefighter could not see Ms. Pally in the position she was in," Gedansky said. "We measured the line of sight, we recreated the incident and there's no possible way he could have seen her." 
 
 Pally was a member of Delta Gamma sorority. Sorority members were working with Kappa Sigma members to build a homecoming float. Pally, state police determined, arrived at the party about 10:30 p.m. on Oct. 15 and remained at the party until about 12:30 a.m. 
 
 While there, she consumed one to five beers, witnesses told state police, according to the warrant. She had also been drinking before arriving at the party, according to the warrant. 
 
 Pally and several other girls got a ride via Uber from 51 Baxter Road. The Uber driver told state police that he thought most of the girls who got into his minivan were drunk. He told state police he dropped Pally and another girl near their dorm, which is near the UConn fire station. 
 
 "After being dropped off at her dorm, [Pally], for an unknown reason, walked behind the University of Connecticut Public Safety Complex, sat in front of bay #7, and fell asleep," the warrant states. When "the fire department responded to a fire service call, and as the door to bay #7 opened, the victim fell backwards, still remaining asleep." The fire vehicle then ran over Pally. 
 
 "Jeffny Pally was a talented, ambitious, promising young woman and her death was a terrible tragedy," UConn spokesperson Stephanie Reitz said. "The entire university community joins her family and friends in continuing to mourn her loss." 
 
 All six students charged on Friday are currently enrolled at UConn, Reitz said, but she noted that students who have violated provisions of the student code may face penalties ranging from probation to expulsion. 
 
 She said the time frame for when a penalty might be decided and imposed depends on a variety of factors ranging from the availability of the students for interviews to what facts need to be obtained. 
 
 Kappa Sigma lost its UConn recognition and housing based on different off-campus incidents in September and October, said Reitz. Kappa Sigma's national office also has revoked the local group's charter, she said. 
 
 Pally's family could not be reached for comment Friday evening. 
 
 Courant reporter Kathleen Megan contributed to this story.
– A freak accident left the University of Connecticut reeling in October; now, six arrests may have it reeling once more. Jeffny Pally was sitting up against a garage bay door at a fire station near her dorm on the Storrs campus around 1:15am when the door opened as fire crews responded to a call. The 19-year-old sophomore fell back and was struck by a Chevy Tahoe leaving the firehouse. Why she chose to sit in front of the bay remains unknown, but police say they've pieced together what allegedly happened in the hours beforehand. On the evening of Oct. 15, Pally attended a party at the Kappa Sigma fraternity that revolved around building a homecoming parade float; now six frat members have been charged with alcohol-related offenses related to Pally's death, reports the Hartford Courant. Pally arrived around 10:30pm and stayed about two hours, during which witnesses say she had one to five beers; she reportedly drank prior to the party, and her blood alcohol content was .25. Patrick Callahan, Matthew Moll, Austin Custodio, and Dominic Godi, all 21, and Dylan Morose and Jonathan Polansky, 22, face varied charges tied to allegedly purchasing and transporting the booze and permitting a minor to illegally possess alcohol. Their arraignment is set for March 8. The 60-year-old shift commander who drove the Tahoe told police he did feel a bump as he exited, but assumed what he saw in his rearview mirror was fire equipment. Pally's body was discovered upon the fire crew's return to the station for what WTNH reports was a false alarm sparked after two students allegedly set off a stolen fire extinguisher in a dorm. They face criminal mischief and larceny charges. (Last year, a court ruled that parents could be held responsible for underage drinking.)