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Penn State students accused of selling cocaine as part of multi-state drug ring

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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. According to Sunday, between 2023 and 2024, large amounts of cocaine were transported from Philadelphia and New York to State College, Pennsylvania. The drugs were cut, packaged and sold primarily to Penn State students, investigators said. Officials identified the two leaders of the operation as Agostino Abbatiello, 24, of Westbury, New York, and Thomas Robinson, 23, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Investigators said Abbatiello and Robinson were senior members of the off-campus fraternities Sigma Chi and Delta Upsilon, respectively. Sunday said the drugs were primarily packaged at the fraternity houses by both fraternity brothers and pledges. He also said some of the pledges cut and bagged cocaine as part of their initiatio