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Penn State frat pledges were made to cut and bag cocaine for college drug ring, authorities say
AP News ^ | August 18, 2026

Posted on 08/24/2026 10:26:49 AM PDT by nickcarraway

Penn State fraternity pledges were made to cut and package cocaine for a drug ring that was run out of two off-campus frat houses, authorities said.

The illicit initiation was revealed Monday as Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday charged 14 people — including 13 current or former Penn State students — in connection with the alleged drug ring.

The man accused of leading the operation, 24-year-old Agostino Abbatiello, surrendered on Tuesday after failing to appear for a scheduled arraignment on Monday on charges including possession with intent to deliver and conspiracy. He was ordered jailed without bail.A message seeking comment was left for Abbatiello’s lawyer.

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Pablo Pledgescobar.
1 posted on 08/24/2026 10:26:49 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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Did they have to package it while naked?


2 posted on 08/24/2026 10:30:19 AM PDT by Scrambler Bob ( My pronoun is EXIT. Generally full of /S -- Living with Havana Syndrome -infected from Main Stream)
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Something tells me this isn’t an isolated case.


3 posted on 08/24/2026 10:31:02 AM PDT by ImJustAnotherOkie (... )
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To: Scrambler Bob

Probably underwear to prevent stealing.


4 posted on 08/24/2026 10:31:04 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

lol…very good!


5 posted on 08/24/2026 10:33:58 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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No, but after each bag they had to say

Thank you sir, may I have another?

6 posted on 08/24/2026 10:34:09 AM PDT by OldCorps
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unless said “pledges” were being paid beaucoup bucks, it would see they wouldn’t have much incentive to keep from gossiping about what was going on ...


7 posted on 08/24/2026 10:34:54 AM PDT by catnipman ((A Vote For The Lesser Of Two Evils Still Counts As A Vote For Evil))
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A diffrent kind of White Out.


8 posted on 08/24/2026 10:41:41 AM PDT by cowboyusa (YESHUA IS KING OF AMERICA!)
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To: ImJustAnotherOkie

“Something tells me this isn’t an isolated case.”

Did anyone check to see if there as a Nittany Lion on the bag found in the white house?

wy69


9 posted on 08/24/2026 10:43:10 AM PDT by whitney69 (`)
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thank God we didn’t pay off their student loans to boot!


10 posted on 08/24/2026 10:44:26 AM PDT by TexasFreeper2009
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Thanks.


11 posted on 08/24/2026 10:53:55 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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Who would have ever thought there would be coke in frat houses?


12 posted on 08/24/2026 10:53:56 AM PDT by Round Earther
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These idiots deserve all the prison time they will get. A conspiracy with a lot of people involved who are not skilled in criminal conspiracy is an invitation to being prosecuted and imprisoned.


13 posted on 08/24/2026 10:54:35 AM PDT by Rockingham
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Where’s Joe Paterno when you need him?


14 posted on 08/24/2026 10:55:24 AM PDT by kawhill (Dywedwch + Add translation Welsh-English dictionary 'Tell Us')
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15 posted on 08/24/2026 10:55:43 AM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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Sadly, their real crime wasn’t selling cocaine; their real crime was selling cocaine in someone else’s territory.


16 posted on 08/24/2026 10:56:30 AM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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To: nickcarraway

From Penn State to the State Pen.


17 posted on 08/24/2026 10:57:09 AM PDT by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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To: nickcarraway

Cocaine is a popular sorority drug. I was a faculty advisor for a fraternity.


18 posted on 08/24/2026 10:59:01 AM PDT by AppyPappy (They don't call you a Nazi because they think you are one. They do it to justify violence. )
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“Thank you sir, may I have another?”


19 posted on 08/24/2026 11:04:41 AM PDT by misterdarcey (Abandon all nuance, ye who enter here.)
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They needed the dues


20 posted on 08/24/2026 11:10:18 AM PDT by bigbob (We are all Charlie Kirk now)
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