Important Power edge Labs Busted

[Yung Wun]

Power Edge Labs has been busted.If you have dealt with him clean house.

[Mr.X]

yup taken down...I'll see if I can dig up the news story.

[Yung Wun]

Arlington police break up major steroid operation
May 2, 2006

ARLINGTON, Mass. --Arlington police think they have put an end to a major steroid manufacturing and Internet distribution business with the arrest Monday of a local man.

Police arrested Joseph A. DiRico, 38, and seized hundreds of testosterone filled vials, hypodermic needles, bottles police think were used to mix drugs and a filtration system police say is a critical piece of a drug-making laboratory, from a Somerville address where DiRico was staying.

The drugs and equipment had a street value of at least $10,000, Arlington detective Brian Connerney said.

The bust was one of the largest steroid seizures in state history, Chief Fred Ryan said.

"We are very happy that we seized this and got it off the streets," he said.

Police say they have been watching DiRico since September when his name came up in connection with another case.

Police began looking into DiRico's business and when they logged onto his Web site they suspected he was selling illegal steroids via the mail.

Undercover officers made two purchases from the Web site, the second just two weeks ago, and alerted the Food and Drug Administration. Police arrested DiRico after the FDA completed its investigation.

Arlington detectives, along with Somerville officers, FDA officials and Drug Enforcement Agency officers arrived at the West Somerville home at about 6 a.m. on Monday where DiRico was staying with a friend.

The Somerville homeowner, who was not arrested, allowed police to search the property.

DiRico was charged with possession of Class E substances, steroids, and pharmaceutical drugs; possession of hypodermic needles; and possession of a drugs in a school zone.

Police spent about six hours dismantling the lab.

DiRico pleaded not guilty at his arraignment later Monday in Cambridge District Court, but was jailed when prosecutors revoked bail he had posted in the previous case, said Emily LaGrassa, a spokeswoman for the Middlesex district attorney's office.

DiRico used Canadian and British Internet services to maintain client lists, so customer records are not easily accessible, police said. The investigation is ongoing.

DiRico is scheduled back in court on May 18.

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Originally Posted by Yung Wun

Power Edge Labs has been busted.If you have dealt with him clean house.

Thanks for the heads-up my friend

[Yung Wun]

READ THE COMPLETE STORY HERE

http://www2.townonline.com/somervill...ticleid=487475


Life in the fast lane caught up with a professional bowler out of Somerville Monday.

Arlington Police busted Joseph Dirico, a 38-year-old pro bowler, for allegedly selling steroids out of a Bailey Road apartment in West Somerville Monday.

Now Dirico will have his name dragged through the gutter in court, as he faces charges of distributing a class E substance and distributing steroids and hypodermic needles in a school zone. He was arraigned in Cambridge District Court, where he pleaded not guilty Monday. He is being held without bail.



"Given the reported high use of steroids among athletes, we’re happy to have this distributor of steroids in our custody," said Arlington Police Chief Fred Ryan Monday.

Dirico, who was once an information technology person for the Somerville Public Schools, ran a mail-order business through a Web site by using Paypal.

Dirico is also a professional bowler in the Professional Bowler Association’s East Region league. He is currently ranked 284th in the point standings for the region.

PBA spokesman Mitch Germann said Tuesday that none of the more than 4,000 professional bowlers in the country are currently tested for steroids.

"However, we are considering implementing a drug testing police in the near future, but it would be limited to the national tour," Germann said. "It’s unlikely we would attempt to subject all PBA members at all levels to a testing program."

Dirico reportedly transformed a room in his Somerville apartment into a lab to make the steroids.

Arlington Police and federal agents went into the apartment Dirico was living in at 26 Bailey Road #1 in Somerville at 6 a.m. Monday to arrest him. Inside the apartment, they found hundreds of vials of steroids, and other drug-making materials, including oils, powders, labels and syringes. Police estimate Dirico had at least $10,000 worth of steroids. He was allegedly using the Internet to push the performance-enhancing drugs.

"He was manufacturing [steroids] in his apartment," said Arlington Investigator Brian Connerney, who handled the Internet portion of the investigation while Investigator James Fitzpatrick dealt with the "foot" part of the work.

[xnikox]

Is this the same company as Power L*** ??

[maxbiguns]

God damn. How do they get the info? Some natural?

[jeremysermon]

**** man. Pay pal. If that's not safe what else is there?
Do the dishes and get some roids in turn I guess.

[mojo_fit]

Thanks for the post

[Gator_Mclusky]

Pro Bowlers.........jeeze