TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The final defendant charged with the hazing death of a Florida A&M drum major turned herself in to authorities Sunday afternoon.
20-year-old Lasherry Codner was booked into the Orange County jail at 1:00 p.m. She was the last of eleven suspects who were charged in the hazing death of Robert Champion.
Twenty-one-year-old Ryan Dean and 24-year-old Jonathan Boyce turned themselves in Friday at the Leon County Jail. Both bonded out.
Eleven band members were charged with third-degree felony hazing as a result of 26-year-old Robert Champion's death. Two others face misdemeanor counts.
Champion died last November aboard a charter bus parked outside an Orlando hotel.
On December 13, 2011, Golson was one of three people arrested in the beating of FAMU band member Bria Hunter.
Chuck Hobbs represents suspended band director Julian White. He said Golson wasn't one of the original suspects named in the Hunter report.
"So, at the time of Robert Champion's death, Golson was still a member in good standing of the Marching 100," Hobbs said.
Because he was not initially named as a suspect, Golson was allowed to make the trip to Orlando where Champion died.
"You have to almost wonder if the investigation had ensued maybe quicker, would his name have come up quicker and maybe he would not have been one of the ringleaders that were involved in the incident that led to Robert Champion's death," Hobbs said.
There was no single blow, stomp or strike to Champion's bruised and battered body that killed him as he was pummeled by fellow Florida A&M University marching band members during a hazing ritual aboard a charter bus last fall.
Instead, his death was caused by multiple blows from many individuals. That inability to pinpoint which blow ultimately caused the 26-year-old drum major's death led authorities to charge 13 defendants Wednesday with hazing rather than more serious counts like manslaughter or second-degree murder.
Champion's death revealed a culture of hazing at the Tallahassee-based school and has jeopardized the future of its famed marching band.
Others who were arrested included, Aaron Golson, 19, who turned himself on Thursday in Gadsden County.
Caleb Jackson, 23, and Rikki Wills, 24, were arrested on Wednesday in Leon County. Wills was allowed to leave jail Wednesday night after posting a $15,000 bond.
Bryan Jones turned himself in Wednesday night in Hillsborough County. He was released after posting a $15,000 bond. His attorney, Alisia Adamson, said he would plead not guilty.
A Leon County, however, refused Thursday to let Jackson leave jail because he's already on probation for battery.
Other defendants who had turned themselves in by Thursday afternoon were: Jesse Baskin, 20, and Benjamin McNamee, in Miami-Dade County; Shawn Turner, 26, in the Panhandle's Gadsden County; and Harold Finley, 20, in Palm Beach County. All but Finley had bonded out.
Court records show Baskin was arrested in March for misdemeanor cannabis possession. The charge wasn't prosecuted because he was sent to a pretrial diversion program.