"He was making designer steroids," task force agent Brian Bairett told KSL NewsRadio on Thursday. "He was making steroids in a lab in his home and distributing them to the community. We intercepted a couple of his loads and doing surveillance of who he was selling to."
Police said Sherratt was selling to people in the community including local bodybuilders. He also had an extensive internet-based clientele, Bairett said.
"He had a price list that he was e-mailing to all of his clients. He'd say ‘Fourth of July sale' for this time period only," he said.
Drug task force agents seized Sherratt's computers and were investigating rumors that college athletes may have also been buyers, authorities said. At Sherratt's home, Bairett said they also seized testosterone, Cialis and Viagra, and "something they inject in horses."
"Police say Mark Sherratt had been ordering steroids in powder form from Hong Kong, then brewing up the performance enhancers in his home laboratory. He allegedly made his deals through e-mails, and the buyer would show up at his Liberty Lending office, 110 N. Main, to pick up the stash."
"A month ago, the task force received an anonymous tip about Sherratt's entrepreneur business. A week before they'd arrested two men who'd allegedly bought drugs from Sherratt. Their names and descriptions were not released."
This may well be the most dangerous method of online steroid dealing I've ever heard. I assume he'll be using roid related insanity as his defense in court. I seriously doubt this guy was smart enough to home brew a safe end product. The chances of emails and order records being encrypted must be close to zero :-(
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