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<v Speaker 1>Around. This is the seventy seven WABC Mini Cast. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>going to share with you this remarkable story about what

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<v Speaker 1>happened at Penn State the past few days. Penn State. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>Penn State is a real school, a serious school, a

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<v Speaker 1>school you and I could not have gotten into. Penn State.

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<v Speaker 1>Students accused of running cocaine ring out of two fraternities.

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<v Speaker 1>But it gets better. One of the fraternities isn't really

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<v Speaker 1>a fraternity. It's it's funnier than them running drugs. These

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<v Speaker 1>idiots announced the name that sounds like a fraternity. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>I felt a thigh and they announced this, this is

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<v Speaker 1>their fraternity. They put a sign on the side of

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<v Speaker 1>a building, but it wasn't a real fraternity. It wasn't

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<v Speaker 1>affiliated with a national fraternity, and the school did not

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<v Speaker 1>recognize it as a fraternity. Just a bunch of guys

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<v Speaker 1>put a sign in Greek on the side of a

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<v Speaker 1>building and congratulations, we have a fraternity. Well, now they

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<v Speaker 1>start to run a cocaine ring and they recruit pledges.

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<v Speaker 1>Now you're running cocaine. You got a few bucks, serve

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<v Speaker 1>nice dinners, have some nice parties. Seems like a really

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<v Speaker 1>good fraternity. But the recruits. When recruits are taken into fraternities,

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<v Speaker 1>as you know, they're hazede they have to do things. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>this was different. They didn't have to do any of

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<v Speaker 1>that in the basement. What they had to do was

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<v Speaker 1>pack up cocaine wide, made it into bricks ready for distribution.

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<v Speaker 1>Wacky labels, cocaine selling cocaine, big deal. Many people have

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<v Speaker 1>been arrested, including one of the dads who tried to

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<v Speaker 1>intervene students of Pennsylvania State University are accused of running

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<v Speaker 1>a coke ring. Charges have been filed against fourteen people

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<v Speaker 1>in connection with the alleged cocaine trafficking operation that involved

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<v Speaker 1>fraternity Sigma Kai and Delta Upsilon. Attorney General of Pennsylvania

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<v Speaker 1>made this announcement. Thirteen of the defendants were penn State

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<v Speaker 1>students around the time of the alleged conduct. At least

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<v Speaker 1>four of the charge individuals or current students. The fourteenth

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<v Speaker 1>suspect this is the guy, is the father of a student.

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<v Speaker 1>An investigation found that Augostino Abbatiello and Thomas Robinson were

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<v Speaker 1>allegedly the main suppliers for the group, with the pair

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<v Speaker 1>regularly visiting Philadelphia and New York to acquire large amounts

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<v Speaker 1>of cocaine. The cocaine was often cut and packaged at

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<v Speaker 1>the two furn attorneity houses, adding that it was then

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<v Speaker 1>distributed mainly to other students. You're kidding, students were interested

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<v Speaker 1>in cocaine, No way. This was a coordinated and highly

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<v Speaker 1>profitable rug traffic crew revolving around two senior members of

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<v Speaker 1>the fraternities of the Fraternity Brothers, etc. Let's see if

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<v Speaker 1>there's anything else juicy in here. The father involved, identified

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<v Speaker 1>as Paul Robinson, is charged with felony tampering, hindering apprehension

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<v Speaker 1>for taking steps to conceal evidence, including a safe containing

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<v Speaker 1>drugs cash. The Sigma Chai member had allegedly been dealing

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<v Speaker 1>cocaine as recently as February. The former students were shocked

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<v Speaker 1>by a taser during the encounter with cops. Cocaine, marijuana,

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<v Speaker 1>amphetamine pills, a handgun, rounds of ammunition, and drug paraphernalia

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<v Speaker 1>were found in the room, police said. The Penn State

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<v Speaker 1>They say following Sunday's announcement, clarifying that the two fraternities

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<v Speaker 1>were off campus Greek for these weren't real fraternities. They

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<v Speaker 1>weren't like and you're surprised. You're surprised that it was

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<v Speaker 1>well run, well organized. These are college students. These weren't

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<v Speaker 1>high school students. These weren't thugs. These were very elite

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<v Speaker 1>college students.