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Feb
27

Man on Steroids Maims Oklahoma Police Officer

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Oklahoma City police officer Chad Peery may be a quadriplegic after sustaining severe injuries during an attack by three men as he attempted to escort them from Dan O’Brien’s Public House in northwest Oklahoma City. Joshua Rinken, Jimmy Smith and Cadmio Lopez have been charged with one count of maiming and one count of conspiracy to commit assault and battery upon a police officer.

Rinken’s alleged use of anabolic steroids has been referenced numerous times in news accounts possibly implying that steroids played a role in the violent attack. Considerable attention has selectively been given to anabolic steroids rather than alcohol even though the incident occurred in an Oklahoma City bar. [Read more…]

Feb
26

Steroid Distributor Sentenced to Ten Years in Prison

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Wood County Judge Alan Mayberry sentenced Greg Kreuz, the operator of an unidentified underground steroid lab (UGL),  to ten years in prison citing the failure of previous court sanctions to rehabilitate the steroid dealer. Kreuz was previously convicted in 2005 on similar charges in Fulton County (Ohio). Judge Mayberry showed no leniency during sentencing. The judge found Kreuz’ 2005 statement about the preciousness of his children and his desire to be there for them disingenuous suggesting dealing steroids made Kreuz a poor father to his five children under the age of seven. [Read more…]

Feb
23

Operation Narcissist Targets Vanity-Induced Steroid Use

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The Australia Sports Anti-Doping Authority (ASADA) has joined local police to target bodybuilders who use anabolic steroids to enhance appearance. Operation Narcissist was a six-month investigation involving the Northern Region Drug Squad and Townsville’s Criminal Investigation Branch working in collaboration with ASADA.

Detective Acting Senior-Sergeant John Mahony discussed how the high-level “intelligence” made it possible for law enforcement to infiltrate gyms and determine that bodybuilders use anabolic steroids. [Read more…]

Feb
19

Cops Selling Steroids Seized from Bodybuilders

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Commander Norman Wielsch (of the Central Contra Costa County Narcotics Enforcement Team) and Private Investigator Chris Butler (of Butler and Associates) were arrested for selling anabolic steroids and narcotics according to a 28-count criminal complaint. Wielsch and Butler allegedly stole anabolic steroids from the property room at the Contra Costa Sheriff’s Office and sold them illegally. [Read more…]

Feb
18

Pro Wrestler Jeff Hardy Steroid Trafficking Case Postponed Again

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Pro wrestler Jeff Hardy just become TNA world heavyweight champion after winning the main event “Against All Odds” on February 13, 2011 in Orlando.  However, Hardy has yet to put an anabolic steroid and drug trafficking case behind him after his court case was postponed yet again. [Read more…]

Feb
17

Former NFL Cheerleader Arrested for Steroid Possession

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Samantha Baker, a former New England Patriot cheerleader in 2002, was arrested at her boyfriend’s house after police targeted Vincent Papagano as the alleged mastermind behind a high volume drug trafficking business involving marijuana, anabolic steroids, and other illicit drugs. Police seized 35 pounds of marijuana, large quantities of anabolic steroids and prescription drugs after a three-month investigation by the Braintree Police and the United States Postal Inspection Service. [Read more…]

Feb
15

Louisiana Steroid Dealers Face Unconstitutional Drug Tax

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Steroid dealers in Louisiana have been required to pay a special drug tax for the past two decades. Convicted steroid dealer Todd Matherne onced owed $52 million dollars in taxes to the Louisiana Department of Revenue for steroids he sold under the Zencall Labs label. Matherne pleaded guilty to six steroid-related charges and served three years of a seven year prison sentence.

Matherne did not learn about Louisiana’s “drug stamp law” until after he was released from prison when trying to “rebuild his life”. He filed a lawsuit against the State of Louisiana calling the $52 million tax unconstitutional claiming it was in violation of the prohibition against “cruel and unusual punishment”. [Read more…]

Feb
12

Steroids for Sale on Busted SLCHealth-Fitness.com is Now StayMassive.com

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Steve Corbersmith received a suspended sentence and avoids prison after pleading guilty to selling anabolic steroids and generic sildenafil (Viagra) via an internet website at SLCHealth-Fitness.com.

The Clacton Gazette website claims that customers who purchased products from SLCHealth-Fitness.com are at risk of contracting HIV and/or Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease (CJD). This appears to be nothing more than hysteria and propaganda by the Gazette. [Read more…]

Feb
05

Texas State Trooper Pleads Guilty to Selling Steroids in HEB Parking Lot

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Former Department of Public Safety Trooper “Jeffery J” pleaded guilty to three counts of delivery of a controlled substance. The Texas State Trooper admitted selling trenbolone, nandrolone and stanozolol for $800 to a Kerrville Police Officer in a steroid deal in the local H-E-B parking lot on September 7, 2009. Kerrville cop “Danny S” was fired from the department on September 18, 2009 after an internal affairs investigation into the steroid deal.

State Trooper “Jeffrey J.” faces up to 6 years on the three State charges when he is sentenced next month. He was also indicted on Federal charges involving one count of conspiracy to distribute anabolic steroids along with co-defendants Jeffrey H, Mike T, and Ray Q. He faces a maximum of five years in prison on that charge. The federal trial is scheduled to begin at the end of the month. [Read more…]

Feb
05

Stockton Police Department and Participation in Steroid Black Market

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The arrest of a California police officer on suspicion of steroid trafficking has prompted an internal investigation of potential anabolic steroid use by officers in the Stockton Police Department. “Darrin Fa.” was arrested last month after his own department ordered surveillance on his activities and busted him in possession of significant quantities of anabolic steroids in an undercover sting operation.

The numerous headlines about steroid use among law enforcement around the country has led to Police Chief Blair Ulring conducting a department-wide investigation even though there no evidence has been reported suggesting involvement by additional officers.

Most journalists reporting on the problem of cops and steroids usually focus on the alleged association between anabolic steroids and aggression in popular culture even though the scientific evidence for such a connection is tenuous. However, Christian Burkin of The Record addresses the issues related to cops and steroids that the public should be concerned about [Read more…]

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