ky bust

[Gutt]

anyone heard about a good bro taken down in ky

[dexter1]

who?

[Mr.X]

nope haven't heard

[Gutt]

NEW TYPE OF CRIME CARRIES STIFF PENALTY; BOTH PLEAD NOT GUILTY

By Louise Taylor

HERALD-LEADER STAFF WRITER


Two Lexington men, one a medical salesman and the other a University of Kentucky senior, have been charged with trafficking in muscle-building steroids in an operation that search warrants claim reached across the United States.

Until 1991, the sale of anabolic steroids wasn't criminal, but these days the pair could land in prison for five years and face a $250,000 fine if convicted. And they are facing charges that state and federal prosecutors are pressing more and more frequently across the United States amid growing criticism of professional athletes who use performance-enhancing hormones.

Last month in San Francisco, a higher-profile case grabbed the headlines when baseball great Barry Bonds' personal trainer, a famous track coach and two executives of a nutrition company were indicted on similar trafficking charges.

Arrested in Lexington were: David Connerth, 24, a representative of Plus Orthopedics, a company that sells prosthetic hips and knees; and Mark Pirschel, also 24, a UK senior who studies engineering and roomed with Connerth and a third man, who has not been arrested.

Both Connerth and Pirschel have pleaded not guilty; Connerth's case is awaiting action by the Fayette grand jury and Pirschel is due in court this week for a preliminary hearing.

Search warrants say Connerth used a false company name, Computer Innovations, as a front for the illicit steroid business, which used Mailbox Express in the Brighton Place Shoppes as its address.

At Connerth's home, police found more than 5,000 pills "believed to be steroids," more than 30 vials of liquid steroids, an unspecified amount of cash, banking records, three guns and other items, according to inventories of property seized during a search.

Caller tipped off police

None of the steroid buyers named in the search warrants was a well-known athlete. Steroids are used by an estimated three million Americans, including amateur bodybuilders and those who simply want to look buff.

Connerth's attorney, Burl McCoy, said that his client, a native of Western Kentucky who graduated from Transylvania University in 2000, is maintaining his innocence. McCoy said he suspects the case will be turned over to federal prosecutors.

"There's not much I can tell you about the case," McCoy said. "But he seems like a bright young man, and he looks forward to moving on with this case and with his life."

Lee Rowland, who represents Pirschel, said he has seen no evidence that his client is guilty of any crime at all. Pir-schel was merely Connerth's roommate, he said.

Pirschel is charged with trafficking and possession of ster-oids, but is mentioned only once in the search warrants filed in the case: He was with Connerth in a Toyota Land Cruiser and went with him to the Blue Moon, a nightclub in Chevy Chase.

The Lexington police first got wind of the alleged steroid-selling scheme in August, when an anonymous caller said Connerth was selling steroids from his home at 1037 Kavenaugh, according to search warrants sworn out by detective C.D. Schnelle.

Over the next six months, the caller left four more tips, including information that Connerth dealt the steroids over the Internet, worked out at Gold's Gym, rented a storage unit, had a girlfriend named Tiffany in Alabama, and used FedEx to send money to Birmingham.

U.S. postal inspectors in St. Louis and Mississippi were picking up the steroid scent, too. First, on Jan. 24, inspectors intercepted a package postmarked Lexington that had been sent to Mississippi; when they searched it, they found steroids. The addressee, Gary Ward, told them he had ordered the hormone over the Internet from a person he knew only as "Roidraid," a search warrant says.

In St. Louis, the postal inspectors noticed a suspicious pattern in Express Mail deliveries to Tracy Koewing in New Haven, Mo. When confronted Feb. 20, Koewing told inspectors that she had been recruited by Connerth to receive and send steroids and money.

Late that night -- at 11:15 -- the Lexington police got a warrant to search Connerth's house, where they found a stash of what they think are illegal steroids.

[sust251]

Thanx Gutt…

I hope the poor guy doesn’t go down to hard…=(

[Spook]

What I know of Fayette County judges historically, they are lenient on first time offenders for trafficking of anything, especially juice. I don't know about how lenient they will be for trafficking across the nation, but I had a friend who got popped for trafficking not only juice, but Exstacy, Coke, and Heroin as well. He only got probation for his first offence. 10 months later, he was popped again and only got an extended probation and house arrest. This was the Lexington legal system. I knew another guy in Lex who got popped for sending a package from ******** to his home in Lex. He got probation and it wasn't only juice, but oxy as well.

Maybe if its their first offence they will go easy on them. Never know nowadays though since the juice is getting more popular in the news. I knew this guy in the gym who was trying to get rid of some Deca. A DEA agent that I knew walked over to me and asked if I knew the guy he was pointing to. He told me that he offered to sell him some deca. I said, "Yeah, he's a good guy though." The agent said, "I wasn't interested, nor am I interested in popping a guy who is selling kiddy stuff. If he offered some hard core drugs, he would be going out in handcuffs."

[Gator_Mclusky]

Two Mr.Louisianas have been busted for trafficing and charges were reduced...they got a diversion program and the charges were expunged.
Hell, its just peeps tryin to put on some size for ***s sake!

Gator

[fatass]

yea we got freakin terrorists running around this country and the damn media is making a big fucking deal about steroids. then janets boob came out and OMG we are all going to hell now because of a tit. next they will outlaw the internet because there is porn on it.

Trust me on this one, fatass, the gubmint would LOVE to outlaw the Internet. As the reasons, they would cite porno, protecting the children and terrorist use it. They refer to it as "the wild west" lawless and unregulated.

I consider it a free speech issue, protected by the first amendment - - - I mean, I used to Internet to learn how to brew my own, to get Vet supplies and research chems, and to read 'right wing christian' websites. I'm sure that I would scare the hell out of them in Washington or New York (Just kidding, 6'0", 187 lbs - I 'look' normal).

Off the subject, but my button got pushed so my fingers start typing this stuff - I can't hardly help myself [grin].

[JR SYD]

This was a good bro. maybe the best of them. I hope everything is well. Anyone know the exact date he was busted?