Two months in jail for each member of domestic steroid lab gang.

A local judge ordered three Waynesboro men to each serve two months in jail for having illegal steroids that police accused them of selling as part of a local ring.

Police nabbed Troy Dwain Cox, 47, in two separate stings this year in which they monitored an informant as he bought anabolic steroids from Cox, according to statements in Waynesboro Circuit Court on Wednesday.

Cox was part of a local ring along with Matthew McClamroch, 21, and 29-year-old Richard Stokes whose members were charged with selling the performance-enhancing drug this year, said Capt. Kelly Walker, of the Waynesboro Police Department.

The trio were arrested in May and each charged with two counts of making and distributing steroids.

On Wednesday Judge Humes J. Franklin Jr. accepted a plea deal Cox agreed to with Commonwealth's Attorney Charles P. Ajemian that reduced one of his charges to misdemeanor possession of steroids.

His agreement was identical to those provided Wednesday to McClamroch and Stokes, court records show. The judge convicted each one for the misdemeanor possession count and sentenced them to 12 months in prison with 10 suspended. They must also serve two years of probation, according to court records.

Franklin found enough evidence to convict each man on the felony count, but will withhold judgment until the end of their probation terms. With good behavior and compliance with probation terms, Ajemian agreed that he'll drop that charge against the three.