BELLEFONTE — The former Beta Theta Pi fraternity social chairman was sentenced to one year of probation, 100 hours of community service and $1,000 in fines Thursday afternoon for his role in the alcohol-fueled hazing death of pledge Timothy Piazza.

Michael Angelo Schiavone, 23, was also ordered to pay $12,000 — to be split among other convicted brothers — in restitution to parents Jim and Evelyn Piazza for funeral costs.

Schiavone, who controlled the now-banned fraternity’s “slush fund,” had pleaded guilty in October to one count of conspiracy to commit furnishing alcohol to minors.

Schiavone appeared in the Centre County Courthouse Annex on Thursday, expressing his remorse for the fatal February 2017 bid-acceptance night, which included the “gauntlet” drinking obstacle course.

“To Mr. and Mrs. Piazza, I would like to extend my sincerest condolences...” Schiavone said. “I accept responsibility for my role in this tragedy.”

Schiavone, of Yardley, Pennsylvania, had instructed former brother Craig Heimer to purchase nearly $1,200 worth of alcohol prior to the hazing ritual.

Andrew Notaristefano, the senior deputy attorney general from the Pennsylvania Office of the Attorney General, said Schiavone made a “mockery” of his risk management duties.

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“His actions were absolutely callous,” Notaristefano said, noting Schiavone had procured an “excessive” amount of alcohol. Notaristefano said Schiavone duped the social checkers, who monitor parties through Penn State’s Interfraternity Council.

The characterization stood in stark contrast to what Marc Neff, Schiavone’s defense attorney, offered.

“He is an honorable, hardworking, responsible individual,” said Neff, who added his client doesn’t drink alcohol and didn’t participate in the hazing. Neff later said Schiavone didn’t even know Piazza, a 19-year-old sophomore, forced to consume at least 18 drinks in 82 minutes.

Piazza tumbled headfirst down the fraternity house’s basement staircase on Feb. 2, 2017, suffering a fractured skull and lacerated spleen, among other injuries. Brothers waited 12 hours to seek medical help.

"The long criminal justice process has resulted in another guilty plea with one more of the individuals culpable in the death of Tim Piazza who admitted his guilt and accepting the penalty imposed by the judge," Tom Kline, the Piazza family attorney, said in a statement. "This is one additional step in a long road to justice for Tim parents."

Schiavone is the latest brother to be sentenced in the sprawling case, which this fall alone involved a slew of guilty pleas and punishments leveled against former members. In September, Joseph Ems Jr. was sentenced to $1,500 in fines, 12 months of probation and 100 hours of community service.

Last week, two former brothers entered back-to-back guilty pleas. Gary DiBileo pleaded guilty to six counts of hazing and one count of conspiracy to commit hazing. Meanwhile, Aidan O’Brien pleaded guilty to one count of furnishing alcohol to a minor.

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Lengthy police investigations have recovered hundreds of group messages between the brothers, revealing the aftermath of Piazza’s drunken fall and a carefully orchestrated pattern of hazing that defined what Penn State administrators mistakenly believed to be a “model” fraternity.

Schiavone, for instance, was in a Spring 2017 rush recruitment committee group message called “we f*** moms.” In one message, he wrote: “WE ARE THE SLUSH FUND ... social dues is the slush fund...We are literally a fund that collects money for booze.”

Separate trials are scheduled this spring for a handful of members, including the former fraternity president, Brendan Young. The most serious charges, including involuntary manslaughter, were dismissed in earlier preliminary hearings spanning about a year and a half.

In a different legal saga, Penn State is suing the local chapter, Alpha Upsilon, to reclaim ownership of the shuttered house at 220 N. Burrowes St., situated in close proximity to academic buildings and residence halls. The university transferred the land to Beta Theta Pi in 1928, specifically for the “erection and perpetual maintenance” of the fraternity, which has permanently lost its university recognition following Piazza’s death.

“Penn State has a direct interest in the manner in which the premises at issue are used,” the November lawsuit reads.