Who is Agostino Abbatiello? Meet ‘Pablo Pledgescobar’, accused kingpin of alleged Penn State fraternity cocaine ring

Agostino Abbatiello has been accused of leading a cocaine trafficking operation tied to Penn State fraternities.

State officials accused current and former Penn State students of packaging cocaine at fraternity houses and then selling it to their peers

"Pablo Pledgescobar": The Penn State fraternity cocaine scandal that has everyone talking  marca.com

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.

Agostino Abbatiello of Westbury was denied bail after turning himself in as the alleged ringleader of a Penn State fraternity cocaine trafficking ring.

The 24-year-old surrendered to police for allegedly running a Penn State cocaine trafficking ring out of two student fraternities.

The alleged ringleader of a drug-trafficking ring operating via two Penn State University fraternities surrendered to authorities Tuesday.

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

Former Penn State University students and fraternity members were arrested as part of "Operation Drugs Unlimited," Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday announced.

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

Penn State students accused of operating drug ring out of fraternities  USA Today

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,