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Jun
13

Owner of Texas Underground Steroid Lab Prepared to Kill Police Officers

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The apparent owner of an underground steroid lab (UGL) operating out of his Austin-area apartment was arrested last week. Damon Bruce Beshears told police that he had planned on killing as many police officers as possible if his apartment was ever raided. A personal journal obtained during the execution of a search warrant detailed Beshears’ plan “to kill persons before killing himself”. Beshears’ arsenal included a Kevlar helmet, ballistic vest, Norinco Mac 90 semiautomatic rifle, semiautomatic 9mm pistol, a Colt revolver and ammunition

Natural pro bodybuilder Dave Goodin was curiously quoted as saying that Beshears seemed like “such a nice guy”. [Read more…]

Jun
10

Max Life Doctor Pleads Guilty to Prescribing Steroids for Anti-Aging Clinic Clients

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A Nebraska medical doctor pleaded guilty to prescribing anabolic steroids (primarily testosterone) to clients of the Max Life anti-aging clinic. Dr. Raymond Heller admitted working with co-conspirator Edward Franklin Ward, the owner of Max Life.

Dr. Heller was paid $50 for each prescription he signed for Ward. Dr. Heller never had any direct contact with any Max Life client nor did he conduct any physical examinations. The prescriptions were primarily filled by a compounding pharmacy in Florida. [Read more…]

Jun
07

Canadian Football League Player Busted Importing Large Quantities of Anabolic Steroids

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A player for the Canadian Football League (CFL) was busted with significant quantities of anabolic steroids by the United States Customs and Border Patrol (CBP).  Jordan Matechuk played four years with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats football team as a long-snapper. He was returning to Hamilton (Ontario) from Alberta when he was stopped for a secondary inspection while attempting to cross the International Bridge in Sault Sainte Marie (Michigan). He was busted with 543 oral anabolic steroid pills and 262 milliliters of injectable anabolic steroids in his possession. Many people will question why he was taking this quantity of steroids back to Hamilton, the home of the Tiger-Cats football team. However, the big question is ‘why did he come into the United States if he was traveling from one Canadian province to another?’ [Read more…]

Jun
06

Steroids and Growth Hormone Accusations the Least of Lenny Dykstra’s Worries

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Former Major League Baseball player Lenny “Nails” Dykstra was hammered by the Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office with several felony charges including five counts of attempted grand theft auto, three counts of grand theft auto, eight counts of filing false financial statments, four counts of identity theft and three counts of possession of a controlled substance. Police found cocaine, ecstasy and Somatropin also known as human growth hormone (hGH) at his home when he was arrested for grand theft auto in April 2010. The charges filed by the Los Angeles District Attorney are independent of the charges filed by federal prosecutors last month for embezzling from his bankruptcy estate. [Read more…]

May
27

NPC Bodybuilding Promoter Sentenced to Probation in Operation Roid Runner

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Craig Johnson, the owner of Top Physique Nutrition and Promotions, was sentenced to six months probation after pleading guilty to misdemeanor conspiracy to possess anabolic steroids (a controlled substance) by a Lehigh County Court. Johnson is actively involved in the bodybuilding community having promoted several bodybuilding competitions for the National Physique Committee (NPC) and International Federation of BodyBuilder (IFBB).

Johnson was arrested during the second phase of a state investigation codenamed Operation Roid Runner. Johnson crime was related to his decision to help a friend who had asked him to “hook him up” with some anabolic steroids. Johnson referred the friend to amateur competitive bodybuilder  Edward Moyzan. Johnson was not aware of the fact that his friend was a confidential informant (CI) for the government. [Read more…]

May
19

Two Men Plead Guilty in MuscleBear Steroid Case

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Two individuals pleaded guilty as co-defendants in “a large international conspiracy” involving the distribution of anabolic steroids and performance-enhancing drugs according to federal prosecutors in Western Pennsylvania. Paul Matthews and Ronald Sales admitted doing business with an internet steroid source know on bodybuilding forums as “Musclebear”. Musclebear had been a popular internet source for anabolic steroids and ancillary bodybuilding drugs for over a decade. [Read more…]

May
18

Spain Operación Dama Shuts Down International Doping Ring

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The Spanish National Police have announced the bust of ““the largest international organization operating in Spain” responsible for trafficking anabolic steroids, growth hormone and doping substances in Europe in an investigation codenamed Operación Dama (or Operation Lady in English). The codename alludes to the famous pre-Roman Iberian sculpture named the Lady of Elche.

The international doping ring was reportedly led by British expatriates residing in the Spanish beach communities of Denia and Marbella. The arrests of the British expats preceded several additional arrests around the country including the manager of a masters cycling team as well as six individuals in Elche, Spain. Search warrants in Elche ultimately led to a secret laboratory in the attic of a house. [Read more…]

May
12

Drug Counselor Thinks Police Officers Pumped Up On Steroids and Out of Control

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An activist and drug counselor wrote a letter to the California Attorney General Kamala Harris suggesting that Stanislaus County law enforcement officers might be “pumped up on steroids and out of control” on the streets shooting people. County substance abuse counselor John Mataka expressed concern that recent shootings by police, including one currently being investigated as a murder/manslaughter case, may have been done under the influence of anabolic steroids. [Read more…]

May
10

Operation Raw Deal Still Sending Steroid Dealers to Prison

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Operation Raw Deal, the 2007 steroid bust billed by the DEA as “the largest steroid enforcement action in United States history”, is still sending individuals to prison for steroid-related crimes. Warren Abramson was sentenced to three years in prison after pleading guilty in January 2011 to five charges related to the distribution of anabolic steroids and the possession of unregistered firearm silencers.

Abramson was the owner and operator of the underground lab (UGL) named “LuxTech” which was busted back in 2007. For unknown reasons, a grand jury didn’t indict Abramson until June 2010. Abramson was a fugitive for almost three months before he was arrested in Las Vegas attempting to purchase a firearm. [Read more…]

May
08

Cops on Testosterone Replacement Therapy Targeted by Government Investigators

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The war on steroids is rapidly shifting into its next phase. After almost a decade targeting steroids in sports, the media has recognized that steroid fatigue has created considerable apathy towards doping by athletes. The witch-hunt against athletes on steroids is winding down with the highly celebrated government investigations targeting Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens and Lance Armstrong reaching their conclusions this year. The media has sensed the steroid fatigue among the general public and has started a new witch-hunt targeting cops on steroids. When the media starts creating hysteria about steroids, politicians and government investigators inevitably sense an opportunity to grandstand and possibly advance their careers.

The “investigative reporters” at the Star-Ledger did an exposé on cops that “blew the lid off the hidden world of steroid use and fraud among law enforcement officers across New Jersey.” Who were the cops that were recklessly using these performance-enhancing drugs? They were adults, primarily in their 30s and 40s, who were prescribed testosterone replacement therapy (TRT) by their doctor(s). [Read more…]

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