Penn State cocaine scandal Godfather was loudmouth at strict $19K private Catholic school: sources

The alleged kingpin of the Penn State drug scandal was a “loudmouth” at the all-boys Catholic school he attended, sources told The Post.Agostino Abbatiello was taught faith, discipline and community at the $19,000-a-year Chaminade High School in Mineola, New York — but his classmates claim he was already pushing boundaries with his behavior while a teen.“I could always see him getting in some kind of trouble because he was always on the edge,” a classmate in the same homeroom as Abbatiello, known to pals as “Auggie,” told The Post.“Auggie was not this innocent boy.He had this group of, like, 10 boys who would hang out in parks after school and go to house parties.“There were rumors some of that crowd were drinking underage, some people had fake IDs, that kind of thing.”Abbatiello, 24, now stands accused of being ringleader of a cocaine dealing operation across two off-campus fraternities at Penn State, where he was allegedly known as “The Godfather” during his time at the university.The news has shocked graduates of the ultra-competitive all-boys Catholic institution where he previously studied, which prides itself on “forming young men of character and purpose.”However, away from daily prayers, confession and community volunteer work Abbatiello made a mark before graduating in 2020.“He was a jokester, always looking for attention.

He’d go around making noises, calling people names and doing his best to make people laugh when the teacher turned their backs”Abbatiello appeared in court last Wednesday where his “very good friend” Lars Zeepvat, another Penn State graduate charged as part of the same scheme, testified the Long Island native bought large amounts of drugs from a dealer named “RJ” who he knew from high school.“First time he purchased from RJ it was the most we’ve ever seen and it was 100 grams,” Zeepvat told the Centre County Courthouse.“People were enamored with how much it was.”“Abbatiello brought b...