Treasure Coast Pharmacy, a Florida-based compounding pharmacy, was one of the largest suppliers of anabolic steroids in the United States according to state and federal investigators. Treasure Coast was raided last month after a joint investigation by the United States Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) and the Florida Department of Health. The investigation identified 57 doctors who prescribed 10,774 orders of anabolic steroids and human growth hormone (hGH) over a six-month period. [Read more…]
Steroid Arrests
Jul
10
New Jersey Attorney General Proposes Guidelines to Eliminate Steroid Use Among Cops
New Jersey Attorney General Paula Dow announced a series of reforms intended to eliminate the abuse of anabolic steroids and human growth hormone by New Jersey law enforcement personnel. The recommendations come as a response to a sensationalistic Newark Star-Ledger investigative expose that revealed the names of several police officers on testosterone replacement therapy (TRT) after reviewing the private prescription records from the medical practice of Joseph Colao. The newspapers alleged that the late Colao falsified diagnoses and wrote bogus prescriptions for anabolic steroids such as testosterone. [Read more…]
Jul
03
Teenagers Using Social Media to Sell Anabolic Steroids
Teenagers in Canada are using social networking websites to sell anabolic steroids according to the Royal Canadian Mounted Patrol (RCMP) in Nanaimo. [Read more…]
Jul
02
Treasure Coast Pharmacy Dispensed Steroids for Infinity Longevity and Lifetime Wellness
Treasure Coast Pharmacy filled anabolic steroid prescription orders for clients of two anti-aging and hormone replacement clinics whose owners are serving sentences in federal prison after pleading guilty to charges related to the distribution of anabolic steroids and human growth hormone (HGH). [Read more…]
Jul
01
Founder of British Dragon Steroid Lab Dead at Age 47
The founder of the original British Dragon underground steroid laboratory has reportedly died as the result of complications from pneumonia. Edwin Richard Crawley co-founded one of the best-known and most successful steroid brands in history. His death comes only weeks after being released from federal prison in the United States. [Read more…]
Jun
28
Steroid Distribution at Planet Nutrition in Lake Charles
Jordan & Chris Nutrition LLC doing business as Planet Nutrition in Lake Charles (Louisiana) was a distribution point for anabolic steroids manufactured by a local underground steroid lab according to court documents. Jordan Berza and Christopher Gass, the owners of Planet Nutrition, have pleaded guilty to the conspiracy to distribute anabolic steroids and money laundering charges. Three additional individuals, out of 13 co-defendants in the case, have also pleaded guilty to steroid conspiracy charges. Prosecutors expect more guilty pleas to follow. [Read more…]
Jun
26
UK Police Officer Faces Trial on Steroid Charges After Found Not Guilty of Rape
Suspended West Yorkshire Police Officer Mark Carter pleaded not guilty to a charge related to the possession of anabolic steroids. Police discovered 277 tablets of the steroid stanozolol when they arrested Carter on suspicion of raping a man and sexually assaulting three other men at the Etap Hotel in Leeds on December 19, 2009. [Read more…]
Jun
18
South Carolina Official: Steroids Turn People Into Murderous Magilla Gorilla Gone Coo-Coo
Oconee County (South Carolina) may soon be the latest jurisdiction to test its employees for anabolic steroids. County Administrator Scott Moulder announced that the Oconee County Council is investigating the possibility of adding anabolic steroids to the list of narcotic drugs for which county employees are currently screened.
The chairman of the public safety committee urged the county to adopt steroid testing in response to the increasing problem of steroid use by cops across the country. Chairman Wayne McCall argued that anabolic steroids turn normal people into “Magilla Gorilla” and could cause them to go “coo-coo and kill somebody”. [Read more…]
Jun
17
Federal Prosecutors Go Easy on Texas State Trooper Who Sold Steroids
Early this year, former Department of Public Safety Trooper Jeffery Jerman faced over a decade in jail after he was busted selling anabolic steroids to other members of law enforcement. He was indicted on federal charges involving one count of conspiracy to distribute anabolic steroids. In separate cases, he faced three felony counts of delivery of a controlled substance under Texas law as well as a steroid possession charge in Kendall County. State and federal prosecutors seemed prepared to crack down on the corruption and participation of a veteran law enforcement officer in an illegal steroid distribution network. [Read more…]
Jun
16
Norfolk Police Officer Arrested for Manufacturing and Selling Steroids
The use of anabolic steroids by cops has been a prominent topic in the national news lately. Recent criminal and internal affairs investigations have examined the use of steroids by law enforcement in various States including New Jersey, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Texas, California and Oregon. However, some criminal cases have exposed a greater deal of corruption in which cops are actually manufacturing and/or distributing anabolic steroids.
Norfolk Police Officer Kristen Wayne Harris was arrested in Virginia Beach and charged with ten felony counts of manufacturing and/or selling anabolic steroids and one count of selling or distributing marijuana. [Read more…]
