This post has been updated as recently as 5:28 p.m. on March 7.
Student Isaiah Christopher Ozuna, 22, was arrested March 6 and charged with second-degree felony battery, as well as four counts of misdemeanor hazing concerning an alleged fraternity incident involving the Iota Gamma chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi.
Ozuna declined to comment on his arrest or the charges filed against him.
According to the prosecutor’s affidavit, the alleged incident occurred late March 4 into the following morning at a residence located on Krystal Kreek Drive in Conway.
UCAPD filed an affidavit March 7 calling for the arrest of four of the five individuals involved, who have now been arrested. Each has been charged with four counts of misdemeanor hazing. The men involved were: Blake Battles, 20, of Conway; Deven J. Byer, 21, of Jacksonville; Kevin M. Nguyen, 20, of Maumelle; and Rico D. Sears, 21, of Conway.
The police report lists four victims, but their names have been redacted. UCAPD Project Manager Arch Jones said the department fears that releasing the victim’s names could potentially compromise the ongoing investigation by detectives.
Officers made contact with the original victim March 5. He said he was struck with a paddle numerous times, slapped in the face and made to kneel on uncooked rice while being pelted with raw eggs.
The victim said he felt like he was bruised on his back side. Officers inspected the victim, discovering whelps and red-and-purple discoloration on both of the victim’s buttocks.
“I shouldn’t have been done this way,” the victim said. “They should get what is coming to them.”
The victim, who police noticed was still walking funny from the hazing, said he and his pledge brothers were called by Ozuna late March 4 to come to the “set house”, the residence on Krystal Kreek Drive. The victim described the address as the “place where you get paddled.”
Ozuna is the current “dean of pledges”, according to the victim’s statements.
After receiving the call, the victim said he and the other pledges were told Ozuna was “pissed off” and wanted them to be “set immediately.”
Once there, Ozuna told the victim to “get in the cut”, which implies the position to be paddled in.
According to the affidavit, the victim said he was paddled four times by Ozuna because Ozuna was pissed off at him “for not going to set on the previous Thursday because he had to go to work, for going to the Ms. Esquire pageant, and because his shoes didn’t match the others.” The victim also said Ozuna was mad at him for getting into a verbal altercation with another member.
After the paddling, the victim said he was made to kneel on uncooked rice and had raw eggs thrown at him. He was paddled a few more times, but was then made to get in the “plank position” and slapped in the face twice.
The victim said after being slapped, the Conway Police Department arrived about a noise complaint. The hazing ended and all of the line brothers were allowed to leave.
The victim also stated that during the interest meeting, they were told victims of hazing who reported it could be punished by “Kappa law.”
Reports collected from the other victims confirmed the story to varying degrees.
According to an article published in The Log Cabin Democrat, UCA spokeswoman Fredricka Sharkey announced that the fraternity has been suspended, adding that the university will investigat the incident and decide later if the group will be allowed back on campus.
Until the investigation is complete, all activity by the fraternity has been ordered to cease.




