The Maryland residence of a United States Secret Service Agent was raided in July 2008 based on unverified allegations of steroid possession and distribution. The allegations were obtained during the course of the Oklahoma steroid investigation targeting competitive bodybuilders that started in December 2007. At least fifteen members of the Maryland State Police SWAT team led by Matthew Newman […]
Feds Investigating Girlfriends of Defendants in Major Texas Steroid Bust
Federal prosecutors with the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Houston are investigating the girlfriends of defendants indicted in the major Texas steroid bust codenamed Operation Pharmacia Juicy Fruit according to recently filed court documents. Prosecutors have made it clear to defendant Bruce Zaccaria and his attorney that they have the goods on a former girlfriend; she was identified by first […]
Defense Attorney Exposes Government Abuses in Texas Steroid Case
The detention of Bruce Zaccaria without bail has been exposed as inappropriate by a local defense attorney in the latest court filings from the major Texas steroid bust codenamed Operation Pharmacia Juicy Fruit. Attorney R. Trent Gaither, representing Bruce Zaccaria, has outlined seven factors that legally limit and confine government detention authority. Gaither argues that the Government has violated […]
Steroid Underground Lab Compared to Meth Lab in Utah Bust of Liquipharm
The Iron-Garfield Counties Narcotics Task Force has compared anabolic steroid underground labs (“UGLs”) to dangerous and hazardous methamphetamine labs (“meth labs”). Task force officer Melissa Fritz-Fuller made the comparison when announcing the arrest of Mark Sherratt of Liquipharm Labs. Sherratt allegedly manufactured steroids from raw powders in a clandestine laboratory at his home; Liquipharm steroids and […]
Hysteria Over Anabolic Steroids for Antler Growth in Texas White-Tail Deer
The public hysteria over anabolic steroids has spread to the debate involving the use of banned drugs to enhance antler growth in Texas white-tailed deer. There is concern that hunters’ trophies and records for huge racks could be tainted or subject to asterisks suggestive of the steroid era in baseball. Anabolic steroid use does NOT appear […]
Girlfriend of Steroid Dealer Indicted for Hiding Steroids from Federal Agents
The girlfriend of one of the co-defendants in the Brandon Millay (Kong Labs) steroid case has been indicted by a federal grand jury for hiding anabolic steroids from federal agents during the investigation. Mary Kay Hamilton, along with her boyfriend Jimmie Lynn Garrison, allegedly “concealed and covered up anabolic steroids from United States Postal Inspection […]
Steroid Dealer at 24 Hour Fitness Greater Threat to Community Than Suicidal Man Firing Gun at Police
Bruce Zaccaria has been detained without bail as an unacceptable “danger to the community” based solely on an allegation of selling 250 vials of anabolic steroids to bodybuilders who were members of a Houston-area 24 Hour Fitness almost two years ago. By contrast, a judge in an unrelated Dallas-area case apparently feels that a suicidal man firing a gun […]
Texas Steroid Bust Defendant Improperly Detained by Alice in Wonderland Court
Bruce Zaccaria continues to be improperly detained without bail in the Joe Corley Detention Facility after his arrest in the Texas steroid bust codenamed Operation Pharmacia Juicy Fruit according to his lawyer Trent Gaither. Zaccaria was charged with one count of “conspiracy to manufacture/possess with intent to distribute anabolic steroids” with a maximum penalty of up to […]
NPC Texas Chairman Lee Thompson Arrested in Possession of Large Quantities of Anabolic Steroids
NPC Texas Chairman Lee Thompson was found in possession of “large quantities of different types of anabolic steroids” when he was arrested on May 25, 2009 according to federal prosecutors. Fort Bend County Sheriff Deputies arrested Thompson after a federal grand jury indicted him on steroid conspiracy charges for his alleged involvement with the “Falkenhagen” […]
Fitness Industry Entrepreneur Fined for Possession of Large Quantities of Steroids in Ireland
Anabolic steroid possession for personal use is not criminalized in the Republic of Ireland but steroid trafficking is illegal. Michael Kehoe of Ireland, a successful entrepreneur in the local fitness industry, was fined €9,000 after he pleaded guilty to three counts of “supplying a medicinal substance other than as prescribed” in June 2009; Kehoe was busted in […]