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FSU police getting feedback from prosecutors in campus brawl involving fraternity members, football players

DEMOCRAT STAFF REPORT • November 23, 2008

No charges are expected to be filed and no arrests made today in the recent brawl at Florida State University between football players and members of Phi Beta Sigma fraternity.

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Maj. Jim Russell of the FSU Police Department said an investigative report was handed over to prosecutors late Friday. The State Attorney's Office is reviewing the report, Russell said in an interview Saturday with the Tallahassee Democrat .

"They're reviewing what we've turned in and giving us some feedback on it," Russell said. "We'll be evaluating that feedback."

The State Attorney's Office is expected to make a determination on whether probable cause exists to make arrests, Assistant State Attorney Jackie Fulford has said. A warrant could come next week.

The fight broke out Nov. 12 outside FSU's Oglesby Student Union during a popular midweek flea market. A woman, who was hit in the head with a chair, required treatment at a local hospital

After the fight, dozens of students gave statements to police. Many of their stories conflicted, investigators have said.

Russell has said that whoever threw the chair is facing a felony.

Five players, all receivers, were suspended for last week's Boston College game for their role in the fight. FSU lost the game.

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