A man in New Mexico has been charged with child abuse after police discovered an underground laboratory used to manufacture anabolic steroids in his home. Simply allowing children to be present where the chemicals or equipment for the manufacture of anabolic steroids (controlled substances) are used or stored can be the basis for child abuse charges under New Mexico law. [Read more…]
Nov
07
No Teens Identified in Steroid Ring Targeting High School Athletes
Law enforcement officers and local news media in Ohio have been publicizing the bust of a major steroid ring that targeted high school athletes. The Warren County Drug Task Force and the Warren County Prosecutor’s Office have done everything possible to create the perception that the 32 people indicted in the steroid operation were preying on teenage athletes in local area high schools. However, this perception may be misleading. [Read more…]
Nov
05
YMCA Fights Steroids with Christian Principles
Mike Carroll, the CEO of Countryside YMCA in Lebanon, has been celebrating his role as a whistleblower in a multi-jurisdictional investigation that resulted in the indictment of 32 individuals involved in a major steroid distribution ring. Carroll proudly told the media that he was the man responsible for alerting authorities to a steroid dealer at the YMCA which initiated the large-scale investigation. Furthermore, he bragged about secretly cooperating for two years with an undercover police officer who lifted weights with the express goal of infiltrating the local steroid scene at the gym. The celebration was short-lived. [Read more…]
Nov
04
Gold Bull Pharma Busted in New Mexico Again
The Albuquerque Police Department has busted the apparent owner of the underground lab (UGL) that manufactures anabolic steroids under the “Gold Bull Pharma” label. KOB Eyewitness News 4 has included a picture of a steroid vial with a Gold Bull Pharma label in their news account of the bust. [Read more…]
Nov
02
Jealous Husband Secretly Spikes Wife’s Food with Dianabol and Anadrol
Dalwara Singh, a food factory production manager, received a 12-month suspended jail sentence for secretly adding anabolic steroids to the food he prepared for his wife of 17 years. Singh used a mortar and pestle to crush tablets of Anapolon (oxymetholone) and Dianabol (methandrosteneolone) into a fine powder that he added to her food and drink. He pleaded guilty to administering “a poison or noxious substance with intent to injure, aggrieve or annoy.” [Read more…]
Nov
01
Steroid Underground Lab Shut Down with Help of YMCA in Operation Bulk Up
Mike Carroll, the President and CEO of Countryside YMCA in Lebanon (Ohio), kept a big secret for almost two years. He had alerted the Warren County Prosecutor’s Office of a rumor that there was a steroid dealer selling bodybuilding drugs to members in the Cardio Strength Center of the Y.
The prosecutor’s office alerted Major John Burke, the commander of the Warren County Drug Task Force, who spearheaded an investigation codenamed “Operation Bulk Up”. Major Burke dispatched an undercover officer from the Wilmington Police to pose as a member of the YMCA in search of steroids.
Mike Carroll was the only person at the YMCA who knew of the existence of an undercover officer seeking to infiltrate the steroid underground at the local Y. He received secret updates from the Drug Task Force every 4-6 months throughout the course of the two-year investigation. The tip ultimately led to the bust of a large-scale, multi-state steroid distribution organization. [Read more…]
Oct
31
Police Investigating Steroids for Bizarre Rage at Gold’s Gym Latham
The Colonie Police Department is trying to blame anabolic steroids for a man’s bizarre and violent rampage at the Gold’s Gym in Latham. The man went into cardiac arrest and subsequently died after multiple shocks from police stun guns were required to subdue the 6’1″, 240 pound bodybuilder. Police did not know if steroids were involved but specifically requested that a toxicology screen for anabolic steroids be included in the autopsy. [Read more…]
Oct
30
Convicted Steroid Dealer Must Give Up All Assets to Avoid Prison
A convicted steroid dealer was ordered to relinquish his available assets to the government or face 15 months in prison. Broad was busted after police discovered a large quantity of oral and injectable anabolic steroids during the execution of a search warrant in June 2010. Broad pleaded guilty to five counts of possession of anabolic steroids with intent to supply. He was sentenced to 100 hours of unpaid community service. [Read more…]
Oct
29
Steroid Crimes Keep Man from Birth of First Child and Dying Mother
A leader of an underground lab (UGL) manufacturing anabolic steroids based in Lake Charles (Louisiana) was sentenced to two years imprisonment. Jordan Berza, the co-owner of Planet Nutrition, was the organizer of a steroid distribution business that imported raw steroid powders from China and Germany and converted them into private label injectable steroids. Berza and his co-defendants, including his business partner Chris Gass at Planet Nutrition, manufactured and sold over 7,000 ten milliliter vials of various steroids such as testosterone and Deca Durabolin. The steroids were sold throughout the States of Louisiana and Texas. Prosecutors claimed that Planet Nutrition was used as a distribution point from which steroids were shipped to distributors. [Read more…]
Oct
28
“Moneyball” Movie is Not About Steroids to Dismay of Some Sportswriters
“Moneyball” is major motion picture starring Brad Pitt that is based on Michael Lewis’ book of the same name. The movie, much like the book, is NOT about the use of anabolic steroids and performance-enhancing drugs in Major League Baseball. This has upset some sportswriters, notably Lance Williams. Williams is the co-author (along with Mark Fainaru-Wada) of “The Game of Shadows”; the Williams and Fainaur-Wada book used leaked grand jury testimony from the federal investigation of the Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative (BALCO) to craft a narrative about the widespread use of steroids by professional baseball players. [Read more…]
