Titanium Gear Industries (domestic source)

Just found this in one article. Made me laugh. The agent talks like they're cooking and using meth. The more he talks, the dumber he sounds.

“It’s taking place right here in people’s backyards and they don’t know a thing about what’s going on,” says Kennamer.

Here’s what makes this so dangerous.

“We can’t guarantee what those chemicals are, and the people that shipped them to the United States don’t care. As long as people keep shooting this stuff in their arms and taking the pills, it’s deadly, it’s super dangerous,” explains Kennamer.
So much for a lab testing their gear,raws. LMFAO
 
Not a legal weapon when its possessed by someone engaged in an illegal activity.
Edit: This is why the charge of discharging a weapon is so bad for Titter. Nothing in Texas to discharge a weapon but with a lab on the premises.

So Farmer actually only got 1 yr on the steroid case and 5 yrs on the weapons charge . You cant help but see the resemblance with steroids today and marijuana 20-30 years ago . Both so misunderstood...:(

It's called armed enhancement. If you posses a weapon while commiting a crime they add time on for the weapon.

huh. How does that work in the states?

Yes. The steroid trafficking charge only got him 1 year. It's the gun charge that got him 5 years.

This is what Mark Farmer admitted to doing:

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Farmer pleaded guilty to one count of 18 U.S.C. § 924 (c) (Use, Carrying, and Possession of a Firearm During and in Furtherance of a Drug Trafficking Crime).

The penalties for this charge are:

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The feds also seized the following weapons and ammo from Farmer:

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Thinking meth labs are the reason the gear labs are being busted. Meth is destroying that part of Texas. Its ridiculous.

I think you're right about meth at least when it comes to Mark Farmer.

Farmer's indictment suggested that he made $720,000 from drug sales in less than 4 months (August 2018 to November 2018). However, he only admitted to selling between 2500 and 5000 units of anabolic steroids in his plea agreement. That simply did not add up.

After a little digging, I realized that the $720,000 figure represented drug sales from EVERYONE involved in the conspiracy.

Just to be clear, Farmer was NOT involved in selling methamphetamine.

However, at least one of his customers -- remember Farmer distributed steroids to other drug dealers -- was also a meth dealer.

The feds claimed that Farmer "knew or reasonably should have known" that he was doing business with a meth dealer.

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The meth sales by another member of the conspiracy could reasonably account for a large portion of the $720,000.

It could also explain why the prosecutors and judge pushed for such a harsh prison sentence.

Farmer probably was not the target of the investigation. He was just unfortunate fallout from a broader meth distribution investigation.
 

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I think you're right about meth at least when it comes to Mark Farmer.

Farmer's indictment suggested that he made $720,000 from drug sales in less than 4 months (August 2018 to November 2018). However, he only admitted to selling between 2500 and 5000 units of anabolic steroids in his plea agreement. That simply did not add up.

After a little digging, I realized that the $720,000 figure represented drug sales from EVERYONE involved in the conspiracy.

Just to be clear, Farmer was NOT involved in selling methamphetamine.

However, at least one of his customers -- remember Farmer distributed steroids to other drug dealers -- was also a meth dealer.

The feds claimed that Farmer "knew or reasonably should have known" that he was doing business with a meth dealer.

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The meth sales by another member of the conspiracy could reasonably account for a large portion of the $720,000.

It could also explain why the prosecutors and judge pushed for such a harsh prison sentence.

Farmer probably was not the target of the investigation. He was just unfortunate fallout from a broader meth distribution investigation.
That's a lot of cheddar for 4 months of business.
I'm pretty shocked the ATF wasn't involved. I honestly thought he'd get more time.
 
To be honest 5 years for the gun charge was light. I work in the treatment field and we work with federal pretrial clients and they are getting heavier sentences. The number 1 and 2 indictments are guns and conspiracy nationwide for the feds right now. They have billboards in my community stating they will pick up all gun charges and prosecute to the fullest. I would jump for joy if I got 5 years with what these guys got caught with. He’ll be out in 4 years and 3 months to be exact.
 
Hypothetically speaking forward progress. Only about 20 more hearings at 30 day intervals before he’ll see trial unless he takes an offer between now and then.
 
Hypothetically speaking forward progress. Only about 20 more hearings at 30 day intervals before he’ll see trial unless he takes an offer between now and then.

Yep. That process definitely sucks if you can’t post bail. He waited 3 months just to WAIVE an arraignment hearing. If you’re going to waive something anyway they should speed it up. It would save the whole system a ton of money. This is how they wear you down to accept the plea.
 
Wow..take some time off from the drama of last summer to come back and see this has happened. Unreal. Let it be a lesson.
 
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