Four co-conspirators in a British steroid distribution ring have been ordered to pay the government over £4 million (approximately USD $6.2 million) or face additional time in prison under the Proceeds of Crime Act. [Read more…]
Steroid Arrests
Dec
07
Steroid and Loan Sharking Charges Setback for National Level Bodybuilder
NPC bodybuilder Sean Harris was on top of the world last year after having a break-out year competing as an amateur bodybuilder. The bodybuilder won the heavyweight and overall titles at the 2010 NPC Atlantic States Bodybuilding Championships. He ended up placing 10th at the 2010 NPC USA Bodybuilding, Figure and Bikini Championships coming up short of his goal of qualifying for an IFBB pro card. [Read more…]
Dec
06
Assault by Naked Bodybuilder Blamed on Steroids
A 300-pound naked bodybuilder who violently started attacking people in a residential neighborhood in Colton (California) was “under the influence of steroids” and other drugs according to the Associated Press. [Read more…]
Dec
02
Bodybuilder Sold Ecstasy to Pay for Steroids
A New Zealand bodybuilder started selling ecstasy to finance his use of anabolic steroids according to his attorney. Dylan Stephens was fined for attempting to import steroids late last year. But it was his involvement dealing ecstasy during that time that would eventually send him to prison. [Read more…]
Dec
01
Steroid-Using Cops Lack Credibility Says Defense Attorney
Defense Attorney Colette Gulley has questioned the credibility of four Scottsboro police officers who were suspended for using anabolic steroids. Gulley believes the illegal use of steroids by police officers makes their testimony less credible particularly in drug cases. [Read more…]
Nov
29
Missourian Bodybuilders Accused of Importing hGH, Trenbolone, Testosterone
Two Missourian bodybuilders were indicted for one felony count of conspiracy to possess and distribute human growth hormone (hGH) on November 9, 2011. The Office of the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri alleged that Gregory Loomans and Keith Ashabranner imported hGH and the anabolic steroids trenbolone and testosterone from China, used some of the product themselves and sold the rest to other bodybuilders. [Read more…]
Nov
28
Buy-Steroids-Direct-Asia.com Busted in Thailand
The Pattaya Police Crime Suppression Division arrested a British citizen for his involvement in an online website selling anabolic steroids and sexual enhancement drugs at Buy-Steroids-Direct-Asia.com. Neil Patterson-Hartley was arrested in Thailand on November 3, 2011 after a lengthy investigation into the website. Pattaya Police decided to arrest him after they failed to capture his boss a month earlier. [Read more…]
Nov
25
Norfolk Police Officer Admits Selling Steroids at One Life Fitness
Norfolk Police Officer Kristen Wayne Harris pleaded guilty last week to two felony counts of posession and distribution of anabolic steroids. He admitted to selling steroids, syringes and marijuana to an undercover police officer outside of the One Life Fitness gym in Virginia Beach. [Read more…]
Nov
22
Alabama Police Officers Suspended for Anabolic Steroid Testosterone
Four officers with the Scottsboro Police Department in Alabama were suspended without pay for their use of the anabolic steroid testosterone. The Scottsboro police chief and mayor initially refused to identify the officers or disclose the reasons for their suspensions citing it was an internal matter. Less than a week later, the internal matter became a matter of public record when one of the suspended officers admitting using steroids during open court in a divorce hearing. [Read more…]
Nov
21
Steroid Conviction Gets Four Year Suspension for British Shot-Putter
British shot-putter Carl Fletcher was suspended from competition for four years by the United Kingdom Anti-Doping (UKAD) after being convicted of trafficking anabolic steroids. Fletcher pleaded guilty to supplying 16 different types of performance-enhancing drugs including human growth hormone (hGH) and the anabolic steroids testosterone and Trenbolone. Steroids are categorized as a Class C drug in the United Kingdom. Fletcher was sentenced to nine months in prison by the Liverpool Crown Court. [Read more…]
