IFBB Pro Bodybuilder Guy Ducasse Sentenced to One Month Imprisonment
by Millard Baker
IFBB professional bodybuilder Guy Ducasse was sentenced to one month imprisonment and 400 hours community service after pleading guilty to steroid distribution. United States District Judge Claire Eagan emphatically rejected the prosecution’s argument that Ducasse was “no different than any other drug dealer and [...]
Bodybuilding With Steroids Damages Kidneys
Athletes who use anabolic steroids may gain muscle mass and strength, but they can also destroy their kidney function, according to a paper being presented at the American Society of Nephrology’s 42nd Annual Meeting and Scientific Exposition in San Diego, CA. The findings indicate that the habitual use of steroids has [...]
Dr. Jesse Haggard Voluntarily Surrenders to Federal Agents on Steroid Distribution Charges
by Millard Baker
Dr. Jesse Haggard, the former clinical director of Revolution Medical Centers, will voluntarily surrender to federal agents in Florida on Friday, October 2, 2009. Haggard will be taken into custody at the Orlando International Airport and transported to Alabama where he faces [...]
Smear Campaign Against William Llewellyn Attempts to Discredit Underground Anabolics Book
by Millard Baker
An anabolic steroid expert’s plan to analyze the ingredients of various anabolic steroid preparations has made a few steroid manufacturers very nervous. The project involves laboratory analysis of various steroid products found on the underground black market.
William Llewellyn, the leader of the [...]
United States Attorney General Praises Use of Terrorism Laws to Disrupt Illegal HGH Market
by Millard Baker
United States Attorney General Eric Holder praised the Justice Department’s use of terrorism laws to disrupt the illegal distribution of human growth hormone (hGH) during his remarks at a Justice Department leadership conference. Holder celebrated the use of the Patriot [...]
NPC Texas Chairman Lee Thompson Arrested in Possession of Large Quantities of Anabolic Steroids
by Millard Baker
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 [...]
NPC Bodybuilder and Promoter Tom Burke Pleads Guilty to Steroid Conspiracy Charges
by Millard Baker
NPC Oklahoma bodybuilder and promoter Tom Burke pleaded guilty to a criminal felony steroid conspiracy charge on June 4, 2009 and was granted a deferred sentence of two years probation. Burke’s plea will be expunged without a conviction upon successful completion [...]
Texas Law Enforcement Perpetuates Misconceptions About Steroid Users
by Millard Baker
The Fort Bend County Sheriff’s Office, U.S. Attorney’s Office and the Drug Enforcement Agency perpetuated misconceptions about the typical anabolic steroid user during a May 27, 2009 press conference announcing a major steroid bust involving personal trainers, their clients and bodybuilders in Fort Bend County Texas. [...]
‘Car-Flipping Iranian Anadrol’ Part of the Florida Steroids Bust
by Joe Pietaro
I guess they don’t call them A-bombs for nothing! Perhaps the most entertaining part of the Polk County, Florida steroid bust was this gem of a statement from Sheriff Grady Judd, who apparently has been appointed the czar against performance-enhancing drugs in his own [...]
Bodybuilders, Personal Trainers and Gym Owner Arrested in Texas Steroid Bust by Millard Baker
Operation Farmacia de Juicy Phruit is the code name for the major steroid bust in Houston led by the Fort Bend County Sheriff’s Department involving the arrest of 73 defendants. The “largest narcotics operation in the history of Fort Bend County” primarily [...]
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