Twelve of the 15 Salisbury University students accused of attacking and beating a man in Maryland because of his sexual orientation had their hate crime and first-degree assault charges dismissed, court records show.

One of 15 students charged in a charged in a hate crime attack on a man near Salisbury University had his charges reduced in a hearing Thursday.

The three college fraternity students were charged with a hate crime are from Anne Arundel County, court records show.

First-degree assault charges were also dropped, though other charges for all 15 students suspected in the assault remain.