Pasco County Deputy Rodney Philon was indicted today in federal court for giving 10 Dianabol (methandrostenolone) tablets to a DEA confidential source (“Pasco Deputy Indicted on Steroid Charge,” April 11). Philon initially said he had just completed his own cycle and was taking a week off and would provide the drugs to the source when […]
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Anabolic Steroids for Sale on Ebay
Over three years ago, MSNBC determined that anabolic steroids were sold on Ebay after a three-month investigation. I’m not sure why it took them three months to learn that steroids were sold on the popular auction site (“Steroid dealers use ruse to sell wares on eBay,” January 20, 2005). In October and November [2004], an […]
SWAT Team Sent to Arrest Officer Who Sold 10 Dianabol Tablets
The Pasco County Sheriff’s Department in Tampa, Florida sent a SWAT team into a residential neighborhood to arrest an officer for selling 10 tablets of Dianabol (methandrostenolone) to a confidential source (CS). That was the only crime he committed as listed in the criminal complaint. Philon met with the CS in the parking lot at […]
Pacific Rim Labs Pleads Guilty to Manufacturing and Distributing Steroids
Two of the principals behind the underground lab Pacific Rim Labs (PRL) have pleaded guilty to conspiracy charges related to the manufacturing and distribution of anabolic steroids. Jimmy Ray Jones aka “Jimbo” and Dana Fiscus of Missoula, Montana both pleaded guilty to several counts including conspiracy to “manufacture, possess with intent to distribute, and to […]
Creative Steroid Smuggling
A Libyan national tried to import 24, 000 tablets of Anabol also known as Dianabol or methandrostenolone into Malta. Anabolic steroids are considered “restricted medicines” in Malta. Even though Maltese officials recommend that foreigners carry a doctor’s prescription for prescription pharmaceuticals such as steroids, Malta effectively allows foreigners to bring anabolic steroids into the country for […]