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Penn State cocaine bust nets 14 arrests over alleged pledge coke-cutting ‘indoctrination' rituals - Fox News
Technology and Science8/17/20261 min read
More than a dozen Penn Staters face charges after students allegedly cut and packaged cocaine inside Delta Upsilon and Sigma Chi frat houses.
✨ Key Highlights
- Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday announced that 14 people have been charged in connection with an alleged large-scale cocaine distribution ring operating around Penn State University in 2023 and 2024.
- Thirteen of the defendants were Penn State students at or around the time of the alleged conduct, while the 14th, the father of a student, faces charges of tampering with evidence and hindering the investigation.
- Agostino Abbatiello and Thomas Robinson are identified as the main cocaine suppliers, accused of making regular trips to Philadelphia and New York to obtain large quantities of the drug.
- Members of the Delta Upsilon and Sigma Chi fraternities allegedly cut and packaged cocaine inside their off-campus frat houses before distributing it to Penn State students, with some pledges reportedly involved in the drug-cutting as part of alleged indoctrination rituals.
- Mohammed Hurabi and Lars Zeepvat are charged with felony corrupt organizations, conspiracy, and dealing in proceeds of unlawful activity, while Robert Zanolla faces felony conspiracy and criminal use of a communication facility along with related misdemeanors.
- Eight additional "student-aged defendants" are facing misdemeanor charges for possession and drug paraphernalia.
More than a dozen Penn Staters are charged in connection with an alleged massive cocaine distribution ring as one of the alleged ringleaders, Agostino Abbatiello, 24, of Westbury, New York remains at