A preliminary hearing at Centre County Courthouse in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, heard testimony that a cocaine supply operation linked to Penn State fraternities grew from small quantities to kilogram-scale deals over roughly a year. Five of 14 people charged in the alleged drug ring appeared as prosecutors set out claims of a hierarchy of suppliers, distributors and fraternity members who allegedly weighed, packaged and delivered cocaine, with the drugs said to have been brought in from Philadelphia, New York and Long Island before being sold to students.

Former Delta Upsilon members Thomas Robinson and Mohammed Huraibi testified that they began buying cocaine from alleged supplier Agostino Abbatiello in 2023, starting with around 100 grams for about $4,000 and later purchasing quantities up to a kilogram at a time, including three separate kilogram deals between July and November 2024. Robinson said he stored and repackaged the drugs in his fraternity room, later communicating with Abbatiello via disappearing Snapchat messages, while Huraibi testified that fraternity pledges eventually helped package the cocaine. Robinson was arrested in December 2024, and defence lawyers challenged his reliability given his own drug use during the period.