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PSU fraternity brother arrest in 2024 led to reveal of larger cocaine trafficking ring

Headline from ABC 27 Harrisburg, on the newest of 3 developments

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (WTAJ) -- More details have been revealed about what led to multiple felony and misdemeanor charges against 13 Penn State University students and fraternity members in a cocaine drug trafficking operation.

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  1. 14 charged in alleged drug trafficking operation at Penn State University fraternities

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  2. Prosecutors: Former Penn State student led fraternity cocaine network

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    PSU fraternity brother arrest in 2024 led to reveal of larger cocaine trafficking ring

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  1. Just the News

    Penn State fraternity brothers charged with running cocaine trafficking ring (opens Just the News)

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    The operation involved fraternity brothers from the Delta Upsilon and Sigma Chi fraternity houses, which is where the cocaine was packaged before it was distributed. The drugs were mostly trafficked to other Penn State students.

  2. NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth

    Penn State students accused of running drug ring out of off-campus fraternities (opens NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth)

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    The Old Main building on the campus of Penn State University in wintertime, State College, Pennsylvania.

  3. NBC10 Philadelphia

    Penn State students accused of selling cocaine as part of multi-state drug ring (opens NBC10 Philadelphia)

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    More than a dozen Penn State University students are accused of packaging and selling cocaine as part of a multi-state drug operation. Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday made the announcement during a press conference on Monday, Aug. 17, 2026, at State College.

  4. We Are Central PA

    14 arrested in drug trafficking operation at PSU fraternities (opens We Are Central PA)

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    STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (WTAJ) -- Former PSU students and fraternity members were arrested as part of "Operation Drugs Unlimited," Attorney General Dave Sunday announced. A Pennsylvania Grand Jury indicted 14 people, 13 of whom were PSU students during the 2023/2024 school year when cocaine was allegedly…

  5. FOX 29 Philadelphia

    Penn State drug bust: 14 charged in off-campus fraternity-based cocaine ring (opens FOX 29 Philadelphia)

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    Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday announced charges against 14 people in connection with a cocaine trafficking ring centered around two Penn State University fraternities. Authorities allege the operation focused on off-campus fraternity houses for Delta Upsilon and Sigma Chi, where cocaine …

  6. ABC 27 Harrisburg

    14 arrested for drug trafficking operation at PSU fraternities (opens ABC 27 Harrisburg)

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    STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (WTAJ) -- Former PSU students and fraternity members were arrested as part of "Operation Drugs Unlimited," Attorney General Dave Sunday announced. A Pennsylvania Grand Jury indicted 14 people, 13 of whom were PSU students during the 2023/2024 school year when cocaine was allegedly…

  7. PA Home Page

    14 charged with cocaine trafficking at Penn State U. fraternities (opens PA Home Page)

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    STATE COLLEGE, CENTRE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Former students and fraternity members are facing charges after the AG's office said they were involved in a cocaine trafficking ring at Penn State University.

  8. DC News Now

    14 arrested for drug trafficking operation at Penn State University fraternities (opens DC News Now)

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    Former Penn State University students and fraternity members were arrested as part of "Operation Drugs Unlimited," Attorney General Dave Sunday announced.

  9. CBS News

    Penn State frat brothers charged with running cocaine trafficking ring (opens CBS News)

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    Two Penn State fraternities are at the center of a cocaine trafficking ring bust, leading to charges against 14 people, authorities said.

  10. Triblive

    Churchill man charged in suspected cocaine ring tied to 2 Penn State fraternities (opens Triblive)

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    A Churchill man faces charges in connection with a cocaine trafficking ring involving two Penn State University fraternities, officials said Monday.

  11. Washington Examiner

    Former Penn State fraternity brothers charged in drug trafficking case (opens Washington Examiner)

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    Fourteen people, including 13 former Penn State students, were charged in connection with a cocaine trafficking ring run out of two fraternity houses. Of the 14 charged, one was a father to one of the students, while the remaining 13 were students at the 2023-2024 time frame when the alleged activit…

  12. Philadelphia Inquirer

    14 people were charged in a Penn State fraternity cocaine-trafficking ring (opens Philadelphia Inquirer)

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    The charges allege students packaged and distributed cocaine primarily from two off-campus fraternity houses.

  13. The Daily Caller

    14 Charged In Penn State Drug Ring That Allegedly Made Pledges Cut And Bag Cocaine (opens The Daily Caller)

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    ‘For some pledges, an indoctrination into the fraternities’

  14. CBS News

    14 charged in alleged Penn State cocaine ring (opens CBS News)

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    Thirteen former and current Penn State students, and one student's father, are facing charges related to an alleged cocaine ring. Prosecutors allege drugs were cut and packaged at two frat houses, sometimes by pledges. Michael George reports.

  15. Fox News

    Penn State cocaine bust nets 14 arrests over alleged pledge coke-cutting ‘indoctrination' rituals (opens Fox News)

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    More than a dozen Penn Staters face charges after students allegedly cut and packaged cocaine inside Delta Upsilon and Sigma Chi frat houses.

  16. Phl17

    14 charged in alleged drug trafficking operation at Penn State University fraternities (opens Phl17)

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    Former Penn State University students and fraternity members were arrested as part of "Operation Drugs Unlimited," Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday announced.

  17. Philadelphia Inquirer

    Pennsylvania cocaine trafficking case has ties to 2 fraternities (opens Philadelphia Inquirer)

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    Authorities say they’ve charged 14 people over their ties to a cocaine-trafficking ring that involved two fraternities and students

  18. 6ABC Philadelphia

    14 charged in alleged cocaine trafficking ring tied to Penn State fraternities (opens 6ABC Philadelphia)

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    Fourteen people are facing charges in connection with an alleged cocaine-trafficking operation at Penn State University, Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday announced on Monday.

  19. New York Post

    13 Penn State frat bros busted in cocaine trafficking ring—including Long Island student at ‘top of the food chain’ (opens New York Post)

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    “In fact, according to the evidence uncovered, cutting and packaging cocaine was, for some pledges, an indoctrination into the fraternities," Attorney General Dave Sunday said.

  20. NBC New York

    Who is Agostino Abbatiello? Accused mastermind of Penn State cocaine ring surrenders (opens NBC New York)

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    A 24-year-old Long Island man accused of running a college cocaine pipeline behind fraternity house doors at Penn State University surrendered to authorities on Tuesday. Agostino Abbatiello, of Westbury, New York, appeared before a judge on multiple felony charges, including possession and conspirac…

  21. Newsweek

    Penn State Fraternity Pledges Made to Cut Cocaine as ‘Indoctrination’—Attorney (opens Newsweek)

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    Fourteen people have been charged over the alleged drug-trafficking operation, prosecutors said.

  22. ABC 7 New York

    14 charged in alleged cocaine trafficking ring tied to Penn State University fraternities (opens ABC 7 New York)

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    Fourteen people are facing charges in connection with an alleged cocaine-trafficking operation at Penn State University.

  23. NBC News

    Penn State Frat Brothers Charged in Alleged Cocaine Trafficking (opens NBC News)

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    Thirteen current and former students at Penn State University are charged in connection with an off-campus cocaine ring. Authorities allege senior members of Delta Upsilon and Sigma Chi ran the operation inside their fraternities between 2023 and 2024.

  24. CBS News

    Penn State frat brothers busted for alleged cocaine drug ring (opens CBS News)

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    More than a dozen current and former fraternity-affiliated students at the Pennsylvania State University, and a parent, have been charged with drug-related charges after a cocaine bust at the school. CBS News' Meg Oliver reports.

  25. CBS News

    Over a dozen charged in alleged cocaine trafficking ring at Penn State (opens CBS News)

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    More than a dozen current and former Penn State University students, along with one of their parents, have been charged in a major cocaine trafficking ring. Prosecutors allege two off-campus fraternities appeared to be the hubs for the operation. Meg Oliver reports.

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