Why Steroids Are Bad

John F. Wood, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, has announced that a Columbia, Missouri, woman pleaded guilty in federal court for participating in a conspiracy to distribute anabolic steroids and to money-laundering. April Dawn Wilson, 33, of Columbia, pleaded guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge William A. Knox to the conspiracy charge. From Infozine.com : April and Bryan Wilson admitted that they participated in a conspiracy to distribute anabolic steroids...Read Full Story

Hollywood actor Sylvester Stallone recently said before an Australian court that importing two banned muscle building hormones was a “terrible mistake” from his side that was caused by ignorance of local laws. The actor will be sentenced after he pleaded guilty to importing vials of restricted drugs into Australia during a tour to promote his film, Rocky Balboa . From Guardian.co.uk : “I feel terrible that my breach of the rules has set a poor example to members of the public, whose...Read Full Story

Richard Lazzaro, a 39-year-old from Cheektowaga, has pleaded guilty before Chief District Judge William Skretny to distributing anabolic steroids . Lazzaro obtained and distributed steroids while employed as a detention officer at the Buffalo Federal Detention Facility in Batavia, according to Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael McCabe, who is in charge of the case. From Metrowny.com : The plea was the culmination of an investigation on the part of special agents from the Federal Bureau...Read Full Story

The distraught father of The 5 Browns musical group pleaded guilty Thursday to s-e-x-u-ally abusing his daughters when they were children in a deal that will send him to prison for at least 10 years. With scratches and bruises on his face from a crash in which his Porsche plunged 300 feet into a canyon, Keith Brown, 55, entered his plea to three felony counts in Fourth District Court. “He is terribly remorseful for what has happened and for what he has put his family through,” defense...Read Full Story

Ronald J. Sales, a 46-year-old man from St. Louis, who was accused of selling steroids , has pleaded guilty. Sales was charged last month and could possibly face a sentence of as long as 20 years in prison. From Post-gazette.com : Because he has had a past drug conviction, the potential sentence is doubled from 10 years to 20, and the potential fine is doubled to $1 million. Assistant U.S. Attorney Mary McKeen Houghton said the government will give him a reduction in the offense level...Read Full Story