radioNOVO News for Clarion 08-20-26

Good morning.The alleged ringleader of a major cocaine distribution network involving Penn State students and fraternity houses has surrendered to authorities. State officials report twenty-four-year-old Agostino Abbatiello was arraigned Tuesday and denied bail on multiple felony charges, including corrupt organizations and drug trafficking. Investigators say Abbatiello was one of the primary suppliers bringing large quantities of cocaine into State College to be packaged and sold to students.In local transit news, state police have cited two semi-truck drivers following an Interstate Eighty collision near Exit forty-two in Scrubgrass Township. Investigators say twenty-four-year-old Benjamin Doehr was charged with careless driving after reaching for a water bottle and striking a slow-moving semi-truck driven by thirty-four-year-old Rajan Sharma. Sharma was also cited for driving well below the speed limit without hazard lights. Both drivers escaped injury.And State Police in Clarion are investigating a retail theft at the local Walmart in Monroe Township. Authorities report a fifty-one-year-old Sligo man is accused of stealing nearly two hundred dollars in merchandise, including a watch and a electronic doorbell.For more news, download the radioNOVO app. I’m Codi Gaboff, radioNOVO News, a service of Seven Mountains Media.