Penn State frat bro thought he was being pranked during cocaine ring bust — then cops tasered him

Thomas Robinson, 23, was slapped with resisting arrest because he “thought the officers were his fraternity brothers playing a prank on him,” before he was cuffed in State College in December 2024, according to court documents seen by NBC News.

Agostino Abbatiello, 24, is also being called ‘Austin Powders,’ ‘Nostrildamus’ and ‘Kirk Cocaine’ on social media. He’s among 14 people charged over an alleged drugs ring at the prestigious college

Court complaints reveal Agostino Abbatiello's alleged drug ring used Cash App and Snapchat to facilitate cocaine sales across Penn State fraternities.

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The police said questioning the four led investigators to Saleem. He allegedly brought the drugs from Bengaluru to Coimbatore in a car. He then planned to transport them to Keralam in another car using carriers. The police have seized both vehicles

Agostino Abbatiello is charged with multiple counts of cocaine possession with intent to deliver and conspiracy.

Paul Robinson faces felony charges after prosecutors accused him of helping conceal drugs and cash in the Penn State drug ring case.

Agostino Abbatiello, 24, surrendered along with two others on Tuesday after an alleged drug ring running through fraternities at Penn State University was uncovered.

Agostino Abbatiello, 24, allegedly made regular trips to New York and Philadelphia with another defendant to buy large quantities of cocaine.

Fourteen individuals have been charged in a cocaine-trafficking bust involving two Pennsylvania State University fraternities.

The drug ring reportedly operated in 2023 and 2024, using fraternity pledges to cut and package cocaine. The drugs were distributed through Penn State students.

Delta Upsilon and Sigma Chi were off campus, with Delta Upsilon placed on interim probation More than a dozen Penn State University students ran a cocaine trafficking ring that cut and packaged the potent drug mainly at two fraternity houses, authorities said on Monday. The Pennsylvania attorney general, Dave Sunday, a

Over a dozen former and current Penn State University students face charges of felony corrupt organizations, conspiracy and other offenses.

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.

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. Officials say the suspects used new pledges to cut and package the

August 17, 2026 7:25 PM ET Fourteen people ran a cocaine operation out of two Penn State fraternity houses, supplying the drug to fellow students for roughly two years, Pennsylvania prosecutors alleged Monday.Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday announced the charges alongside the State College Police Department,