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Prison focus of steroid probe

A drug task force is investigating illegal steroid use, distribution and manufacture among staff at the Lebanon Correctional Institution state prison, the Dayton Daily News has learned.

Commander John Burke said the investigation by the Greater Warren County Drug Task Force is centered on prison employees, not inmates. No arrests have been made.

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Another cop accused of illegal steriod use

A seven-year veteran of the Lee County Sheriff’s Office was arrested Monday and is accused of possessing steroids and marijuana.

Lee County detectives found vials of steroids, three of testosterone enanthate and one of nandrolone decoanate, in the Fort Myers home of deputy John Eaton on Monday, according to a Sheriff’s Office news release.

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Prison wardens supply inmates with steroids

Prague, Feb 26 (CTK) – The Czech GIBS police inspection has uncovered a distribution network with banned substances, mostly anabolic steroids, in the Mirov prison, north Moravia, GIBS spokeswoman Radka Sandorova told CTK yesterday.

The detectives have detained eight persons and levelled six charges, Sandorova said about the raid in one of the tight security prisons, adding that the group had been involved in trading in drugs and anabolic steroids.… Continue Reading…

Another police official caught with steroids

Another police official caught with steroids – faces 10 years in prison

MIKE DIBATTISTA QMI Agency Niagara file photoGeoffrey Purdie is shown in this 2005 picture, volunteering at a charity event in Niagara Falls.

BUFFALO - A Niagara Regional Police officer has pleaded guilty in court to exporting anabolic steroids from the United States into Canada.

The announcement came Wednesday afternoon after Const. Geoffrey Purdie, 41, of Fort Erie appeared before U.S. District Judge Richard Arcara in Buffalo.

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Another cop selling steroids!

How can we expect cops to keep steroids away from our children if they are the ones dealing these drugs on the street?

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A former Philadelphia police detective pleaded guilty Tuesday to charges that he ran a network that sold steroids and human growth hormone to individuals and in fitness clubs around Philadelphia.Continue Reading…

Steroids use by police continues to be a problem

Appears police commanders didn’t address issues of steroid use and distribution within ranks

By Dave Seglins and John Nicol, CBC News
Laura Crawford, left, filed a complaint against Purdie and another officer over their treatment of her husband, Robert Cox, while responding to a 911 call she placed in 2009. The complaint was dismissed.
Laura Crawford, left, filed a complaint against Purdie and another officer over their treatment of her husband, Robert Cox, while responding to a 911 call she placed in 2009. The complaint was dismissed.

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Steroid abuse by law enforcement a serious problem

By Jo Ciavaglia

He was an angry, suicidal police officer with a body built like a Sherman tank who was armed with more firepower than any off-duty law enforcement officer could possibly need and had no reservations about using it, police and court documents say.

But those details about Richard Klementovich, the man charged with firing more than 117 bullets at police during a 10-hour standoff Sunday in Doylestown Township, could be signs of something else, according to a University of Texas professor: steroid abuse.Continue Reading…

Cop caught running steroid lab?

VALPARAISO - A Friday raid by the Porter County Drug Task Force points to possible drug charges against a Lake County Sheriff's Police officer.

According to the search warrant filed June 8, Task Force agents found a laboratory in the apartment in the 3300 block of Reserve Drive in Portage that could be used to manufacture anabolic steroids.… Continue Reading…

UK Laws are lax when it comes to steroids

With the Olympics coming to the UK, the lax steroid laws are not helping Olympic officials slow down the use of performance enhancing drugs by athletes.

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Attempts to detect and punish steroid cheats at the Olympic Games in London this summer could be hindered by the United Kingdom’s lax drug laws.Continue Reading…

Steroid Use in Army on the Rise

Some 700 soldiers departed for Afghanistan in summer 2009, Lt. Col. Burton Shields had a disconcerting visit from an Army investigator.

The agent said several soldiers under Shields’ command at Joint Base Lewis-McChord had admitted to illegal use of steroids. One of the suspected users was a battalion captain.

Shields, who led the 4th Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, was skeptical.Continue Reading…