Penn State Fraternity Pledges Made to Cut Cocaine as ‘Indoctrination’—Attorney

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

Authorities say 13 former or current Penn State University students participated in a cocaine-trafficking ring that involved two fraternities

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

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.

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,