Two former Penn State students and Beta Theta Pi fraternity leaders were sentenced in Centre County Court on Tuesday for their roles in the February 2017 hazing death of Timothy Piazza, a release from the Office of the Attorney General stated.

Brendan Young, 28, and Daniel Casey, 27, pleaded guilty in late July to 14 misdemeanor counts of hazing and a single count of reckless endangerment. The pair are the final two criminal defendants charged in the Piazza case to be sentenced, according to state Attorney General Michelle Henry.

Young and Casey each received a sentence of two to four months in prison — with work release eligibility — to be followed by three years’ probation and community service.

Beta Theta Pi president and vice president, respectively, Young and Casey facilitated a 2017 hazing incident where sophomore Piazza, along with 14 other student pledges, were summoned to the fraternity house. The pledges were made to participate in a bid acceptance event referred to as an “obstacle course.”

Piazza was found unresponsive the next morning after consuming large quantities of alcohol and died days later as a result of multiple falls sustained during his intoxication, the release states.

“Our thoughts are with the Piazza family and everyone affected by this tragedy,” Henry said. “Nothing can undo the harm Tim suffered seven years ago — nothing can bring Tim back to his family and friends. With the sentences ordered today, the criminal process reached a conclusion.”

The charges against those involved in Piazza’s death were initially dismissed, but the Office of the Attorney General appealed the suppression of certain evidence supporting the original charges, according to the release.

The 14 counts of hazing represent a count of hazing for each member of the Spring 2017 pledge class who were subjected to the obstacle course. The reckless endangerment charge pertains to Piazza.

The Piazza family was instrumental in the Pennsylvania legislature passing the Timothy Piazza Anti-Hazing Law, which includes a felony-graded offense when serious injury or death results from a hazing incident. Had that statute been in place at the time of the 2017 incident, the defendants could have been subjected to harsher penalties, Henry said.

The cases were prosecuted by Chief Deputy Attorney General Brian Zarallo and Deputy Attorney General Julia van Leeuwen.