Penn State Fraternity Suspended Amid Allegations of Drug Ring Involvement
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The university has taken action against Delta Upsilon, putting the entire fraternity on a temporary suspension — but because Sigma Chi is not an officially recognized fraternity at Penn State, that house is not under a similar suspension.
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New York PostPenn State said it was placing Delta Upsilon on interim suspension amid the investigation in a statement this week, adding that Sigma Chi operates outside of the university’s oversight.
The Guardian USBoth of the fraternities linked to the case announced by Sunday were off campus. Delta Upsilon, which Penn State placed on interim probation pending a university investigation, told the AP that the fraternity was aware of law enforcement allegations and that alleged Delta Upsilon-linked participants were thrown out or suspended if they didn’t first resign.
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Andrea Dowhower, Penn State’s vice-president for student affairs, said in a statement: “We are horrified by these serious allegations against current and former students.”
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The Daily WireAndrea Dowhower, Penn State’s vice president for Student Affairs, issued a statement following the arrests:
New York Post“We are horrified by these serious allegations against current and former students,” university vice president for student affairs Andrea Dowhower said.
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The Delta Upsilon Fraternity House is pictured at Penn State. Google Maps Attorney General Dave Sunday announces charges against 14 people involved in a campus drug ring. X / @PAAttorneyGen
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The Guardian USThe Pennsylvania attorney general, Dave Sunday, announced charges on Monday against 14 people linked to the purported operation, saying it involved “primarily college students and two fraternities”. The drugs were “distributed mainly to Penn State … students”, Sunday’s office contended in statements that caused waves far beyond the research university’s campus community.
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Penn State frat pledges forced to cut and bag cocaine for college drug ring, authorities say 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.
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The Guardian USMore 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 Daily Wire“This was a coordinated and highly-profitable drug-trafficking crew revolving around two senior members of the fraternities, other fraternity brothers, and pledges. In fact, according to the evidence uncovered, cutting and packaging cocaine was, for some pledges, an indoctrination into the fraternities,” Sunday said in a statement.
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01 The Hill Leader of Penn State cocaine trafficking ring surrenders Agostino Abbatiello is charged with multiple counts of cocaine possession with intent to deliver and conspiracy.
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02 New York Post Cops were tipped off that Thomas Robinson, now 23, was selling cocaine on campus when an informant told them that “a male, using the nickname ‘T-Rob’ is selling large amounts of cocaine from the Delta Upsilon Fraternity House,” according to court documents seen by NBC News.
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03 The Guardian US The drugs were allegedly trafficked in 2023 and 2024. Thirteen of the defendants charged in the case were students during that time frame. And of those, Sunday’s office said, four are still enrolled as Penn State students.
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05 The Daily Wire Thirteen fraternity brothers from Sigma Chi and Delta Upsilon — four of whom are still students at the university — and one father are facing a slew of charges related to a multi-state narcotics enterprise. The ringleaders of the operation had suppliers in Philadelphia and New York City and sold their product primarily to students at the university, according to a report from The New York Post.
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