Volleyball coach and younger friends busted for roids and coke.

A Clear Springs High School teacher and volleyball coach is among three men accused of selling steroids and cocaine, Friendswood police said. Police are looking into the possibility that drugs might have been sold to students, authorities said.

Timothy Todd Porter, 45, was arrested at his house in League City on three felony drug charges, including delivery of a controlled substance and possession of a controlled substance.

The arrests stem from a three-month investigation by Friendswood police and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency that included a raid at a Dallas-area business that authorities said was a compounding pharmacy used to make steroids.

Police also searched Porter’s house and found 98 grams of Stanozolol and 35 grams of Anabar, Wieners said. Both are oral steroids.

There’s a possibility that some of the customers for the drugs were students, Friendswood Police Chief Bob Wieners said.

“The extent of steroid use and sales involving student athletes is a serious concern shared by the Friendswood Police Department and the local communities that have students attending Clear Springs High School,” the chief said in a statement.

Police asked parents of Clear Springs students to talk to their children to determine if they were sold or given drugs and if so to call police, Wieners said.

Porter, who was suspended from his job after his arrest, was the junior varsity coach at Clear Springs and before that was the head volleyball coach at Clear Creek High School, district spokeswoman Janice Scott said.

“We share in our parents’ concerns following the arrest of a Clear Springs High School teacher and coach on drug charges,” the district said in a statement. “If the allegations prove to be true, he will be terminated.”

Porter, who teaches physics and astronomy, has worked for the Clear Creek school district for 22 years, Scott said.

Until six years ago, Porter was also a coach of a Gulf Coast Volleyball Association club team, association director Vic Clifford said. Porter has since moved on to coach for another volleyball association.

“He even coached my son,” Clifford said. “He was a good coach. There were no type of allegations of (drug selling) as far as we could tell.”

Porter also coached at Absolute Volleyball Academy until this year, the academy's co-owner Jerry Linch said. News of Porter's arrest, "came as a complete shock to us," Linch said.

"The arrest and allegations are certainly disturbing for the directors, staff, players and parents at AVA," Linch said in a statement. "If, and when needed, we will cooperate fully with the police officials. At this time we have not been given any information that would lead us to believe that these allegations are in direct connection to anyone associated with our facility."

According to Porter’s online bio, he coached several Olympians and All-American volleyball players.

Also arrested were, Geoffrey Winlock Taunton, 45, who was charged with possession of a controlled substance, and Joshua Todd Decker, 21, was charged with possession of marijuana and possession of a controlled substance.

An 18-year-old Clear Springs student who arrived at the house and who was driving Porter’s car at the time of the arrest was not arrested, Wieners said.

1 comment:

  1. He is an idiot... I use to be one of his roommates and had a feeling that he would get caught. I knew he was doing it... just didn't say anything because he is a big boy. You play with fire you are going to get burned! I always wondered how he could afford to pay for a pretty much brand new BMW and at one point he had two brand new vehicles at one time... and obviously he wasn't married. He was pretty gay too, without a doubt. Or should I say "bi". So now they are looking into improper relationships with the students. Vollyball was a good gateway for his gayness... way to pick up the dudes. He just recently got fired from CCISD yesterday, Sept 12th. What a total mess up though... smart individual all thrown down the drain.

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