A February 2010 winner of the Bodybuilding.com Teen Transformation of the Week has been arrested for the possession of anabolic steroids with the intent to distribute. Mark Ferrara has battled the extremes of being overweight and anorexia as a teenager but his most difficult battle may involve charges of steroid distribution. Ferrara was arrested after he unwittingly told undercover agents working with the Rockingham County Sheriff’s Office that he was in possession of a “certain quantity” of anabolic steroids as well as human growth hormone (hGH).
Ferrara was already being investigated during the course of a three-month investigation involving the United States Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA), Rockingham County Sheriff and the Cross Border Initiative consisting of the Wilmington, Plaistow, Kingston, Somersworth and Lowell police departments.
The disclosure by Ferrara at 2:30pm Monday afternoon prompted police to stop his vehicle at 2:45pm in Brentwood, New Hampshire. Police searched Ferrara’s vehicle and discovered 8,000 tablets/capsules of steroids and 1,090 milliliters of injectable steroids. Approximately $1,100 cash and several hypodermic needles were also found.
The Wilmington (Massachusetts) Police Department executed a search warrant at Ferrara’s home shortly thereafter. Agents seized 360 milliliters of human growth hormone (hGH), 200 hypodermic needles and $47,000 cash. The estimated street value of the performance-enhancing drug seizure was $35,000.
The seized steroids appear to be of the same brand – Biotech Pharmaclinico – suggesting that Ferrara was a domestic distributor for this company.
Ferrara was being held in the Rockingham County Jail on $50,000 cash bail.
Ferrara was arraigned in the New Hampshire 10th Circuit Court (Brentwood District Division) on the charges of Possession of Controlled Narcotic Drugs with Intent to Distribute. He will soon be back in court for a probable cause hearing.
Source:
Kimble, J. (June 5, 2012). Police: Mass. man had 8,000 steroids when arrested in Brentwood. Retrieved from http://www.unionleader.com/article/20120605/NEWS03/706059904
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