radioNovo News for State College: September 8, 2026

RNN STATE COLLEGE 09/08/26          FORMER PENN STATE ASSISTANT FOOTBALL COACH JERRY SANDUSKY WILL ATTEND AN EVIDENTIARY HEARING REMOTELY FROM PRISON DESPITE HIS LAST-MINUTE ATTEMPT TO WITHDRAW A VICTIM RECANTATION CLAIM. A JUDGE SIDED WITH STATE PROSECUTORS, WHO INSISTED ON HOLDING THE HEARING TO PRESERVE EVIDENCE AND QUESTION THE 82-YEAR OLD ON THE RECORD. SANDUSKY, SERVING A 30 TP 60 YEAR SENTENCE, REPORTEDLY PLANS TO BYPASS STATE COURT TO SEEK RELIEF IN FEDERAL COURT.          THE BROTHER OF THE MAN ACCUSED OF LEADING A PENN STATE FRATERNITY COCAINE RING FACES CHARGES AFTER CRASHING A PONTOON BOAT IN JULY. PENNSYLVANIA FISH AND BOAT OFFICERS ARRESTED 20-YEAR OLD SEBASTIANO ABBATIELLO AFTER WITNESSING THE CRASH AT HUNTERS RUN INLET. AUTHORITIES SAY THE YOUNGER ABBATIELLO SHOWED EXTREME IMPAIRMENT, REFUSED A BLOOD TEST, AND WAS FOUND WITH COCAINE IN HIS WALLET. A PRELIMINARY HEARING IS SCHEDULED FOR OCTOBER 14TH.