A police officer agreed to an unpaid 15-day suspension after he didn’t properly notify police that 200 pills were missing from his patrol car when he picked up the vehicle from a city contractor, according to recently released records and a lieutenant.
Officer Jedadiah Cotterman agreed to the suspension that ended an internal affairs inquiry focusing on Cotterman’s alleged handling of a June incident that happened when he dropped his patrol vehicle off at Atlantic Collision on Southwest South Macedo Boulevard.
When Cotterman returned to get the vehicle several days later, he noticed two bags containing 200 tablets missing. An Atlantic employee said Cotterman said the medication was “for his liver and if he doesn’t take the medications, his eyes turn yellow,” records show.
The Atlantic employee said the employees are trustworthy and thought the medication inadvertently was thrown out or swept up. The employee offered to reimburse Cotterman even though it wasn’t the business’ standard practice to do so. He gave Cotterman a check for $300.
The Atlantic employee called another officer to explain the situation, and the other officer eventually said an officer would be coming to take a report.
The officer who met Cotterman said Cotterman was “reluctant” to say what the medication was for, saying he was “embarrassed.” He ultimately said it was a steroids he used for weight loss. Cotterman said the medicine was “Oxandrolone” and that he didn’t need a prescription for it. The pills also reportedly “went by the brand name ‘Anavar.’”
The officer did an Internet search and found the medicine did require a prescription.
The officer said he thought Cotterman “was not being truthful about not needing a prescription for the reported missing medication.”
Police spoke with a friend of Cotterman’s who said he sold Cotterman the tablets. The friend described himself as a “supplement meathead” who spends lots of money on protein, testosterone boosters, fat burners and other things. The friend said he sold Cotterman two bottles of “Anavar,” which he said are a “legal, over-the-counter supplement.”
The Anavar cost him $50 per bottle and he sold the two bottles to Cotterman for $100.
He said Cotterman gave him $300 for the “Anavar,” though he said he added $200 to Cotterman’s bill for repayment of a loan he gave Cotterman.
He said “maybe” Cotterman thought he was selling each “Anavar” bottle for $150.
The friend said he told Cotterman that “Anavar” was known as a “fat burner” that promoted weight loss.
Police returned the $300 check to Atlantic Collision.
Lt. Ron Caudell on Monday said investigators had no pills to test to determine exactly what Cotterman had. He said the improper conduct stemmed from Cotterman not properly reporting the steroids that were missing from his patrol car.
Police records show the State Attorney’s Office declined to prosecute because of a lack of physical evidence and also because no witnesses could say Oxandrolone was in Cotterman’s possession.
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Call to ban online steroid sales in the United Kingdom.
Ordering anabolic steroids over the internet should be made illegal, the Government's drugs advisory body has said.
The Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) said further restrictions to make it necessary for an individual to have personal custody of the substances on importation should be imposed, "thereby making online ordering of the substances illegal".
The British Crime Survey found that 50,000 people aged 16-59 used anabolic steroids in 2009/10 and needle and syringe programmes also indicated a rise in steroid injectors, the ACMD said.
It also recommended the Government increase its efforts to ensure better availability of credible information and advice for users of anabolic steroids and put a greater focus on users who visit needle exchange schemes to help stop the spread of blood-borne viruses.
Professor Les Iversen, ACMD chairman, said: "The misuse and rising prevalence of anabolic steroids is a worrying development.
"While the health-related harms associated with these substances are not as severe as with some other drugs, misuse carries significant risks, particularly for young people whose bodies are still developing.
"More needs to be done to tackle the supply of anabolic steroids and to educate people of the potential dangers."
But the ACMD said "criminal prosecution should continue to be limited to illicit steroid dealers, suppliers, manufacturers and traffickers who profit from this trade as a Class C substance". It also recommended improved intervention and education messages aimed at users.
The ACMD report - Consideration Of The Anabolic Steroids - raised concerns over the "ease of availability through transnational internet sites trading in these products". It added that substandard and counterfeit steroids within the marketplace posed a health risk and also found there was "no recognised drug treatment provision for anabolic steroid users in the UK".
The advisory body also found that use of the drugs by adolescents was "potentially disrupting the normal pattern of growth and behavioural maturation and leading to virilisation". It added that the majority of users injected anabolic steroids and were potentially at risk of a number of serious harms including blood-borne viruses such as hepatitis B and C as a result of sharing used injecting equipment.
The Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) said further restrictions to make it necessary for an individual to have personal custody of the substances on importation should be imposed, "thereby making online ordering of the substances illegal".
The British Crime Survey found that 50,000 people aged 16-59 used anabolic steroids in 2009/10 and needle and syringe programmes also indicated a rise in steroid injectors, the ACMD said.
It also recommended the Government increase its efforts to ensure better availability of credible information and advice for users of anabolic steroids and put a greater focus on users who visit needle exchange schemes to help stop the spread of blood-borne viruses.
Professor Les Iversen, ACMD chairman, said: "The misuse and rising prevalence of anabolic steroids is a worrying development.
"While the health-related harms associated with these substances are not as severe as with some other drugs, misuse carries significant risks, particularly for young people whose bodies are still developing.
"More needs to be done to tackle the supply of anabolic steroids and to educate people of the potential dangers."
But the ACMD said "criminal prosecution should continue to be limited to illicit steroid dealers, suppliers, manufacturers and traffickers who profit from this trade as a Class C substance". It also recommended improved intervention and education messages aimed at users.
The ACMD report - Consideration Of The Anabolic Steroids - raised concerns over the "ease of availability through transnational internet sites trading in these products". It added that substandard and counterfeit steroids within the marketplace posed a health risk and also found there was "no recognised drug treatment provision for anabolic steroid users in the UK".
The advisory body also found that use of the drugs by adolescents was "potentially disrupting the normal pattern of growth and behavioural maturation and leading to virilisation". It added that the majority of users injected anabolic steroids and were potentially at risk of a number of serious harms including blood-borne viruses such as hepatitis B and C as a result of sharing used injecting equipment.
Small steroids bust in Alicante, Spain.
Three people have been arrested in connection with the sale of “bodybuilding” stimulants at a local gym. National Police Agents arrested the three Spanish defendants, aged 24, 29 and 39 years, at a gym in Elche, after it was reported that they were selling anabolic steroids, which had been purchased via the internet, to fellow members.
During a raid on the establishment concerned, Police confiscated 24 boxes and 39 packets of the illegal drugs in a sports holdall, belonging to one of the accused, who was arrested immediately.
The arrest led to the detention of his two accomplices later that day, one of which was his brother and the other a member of the gym who had been responsible for purchasing the drugs.
A further raid on the culprits properties led to the recovery of 815 pills and 74 packets of steroids, alongside of 1.171 euros, tools used to manipulate the substances and the names and telephone numbers of supposed “regular” customers.
During a raid on the establishment concerned, Police confiscated 24 boxes and 39 packets of the illegal drugs in a sports holdall, belonging to one of the accused, who was arrested immediately.
The arrest led to the detention of his two accomplices later that day, one of which was his brother and the other a member of the gym who had been responsible for purchasing the drugs.
A further raid on the culprits properties led to the recovery of 815 pills and 74 packets of steroids, alongside of 1.171 euros, tools used to manipulate the substances and the names and telephone numbers of supposed “regular” customers.
USADA suspends cyclist for two years for EPO possession, more US bans expected soon.
In the first case of a professional domestic cyclist suspended for ties to former racer turned drug distributor Joe Papp, the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency announced Friday that Jelly Belly rider Jonathan Chodroff has accepted a two-year period of ineligibility for an anti-doping rule violation based on his use and possession of synthetic erythropoietin (EPO)in 2007.
As VeloNews reported earlier this week, a wave of domestic cyclists are believed to receive sanctions in the coming days and weeks for purchasing performance-enhancing drugs through a Web site Papp ran from September 2006 through September 2007.
According to the Justice Department, Papp imported the drugs from the Chinese manufacturer, Shandong Kexing Bioproducts Company and sold the drugs to approximately 187 customers, including cyclists and other athletes, throughout the United States and internationally.
In February Papp, 35, pleaded guilty in a Pennsylvania federal court to conspiracy to distribute human growth hormone and recombinant erythropoietin. He has not yet been sentenced for his violation of federal narcotic laws. He faces a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison, a fine of $500,000, or both.
Because he is awaiting sentencing, Papp declined to comment about any USADA or criminal investigations with which he may be cooperating.
However, Papp posted this message on his Twitter account on Friday morning: “Respect to Jonathan Chodroff for doing the “honorable” thing and admitting HIS involvement. Many others haven’t/won’t, it seems.”
Reached by VeloNews Friday morning, Chodroff had no comment. However in another news outlet he admitted to purchasing doping products in 2007. When USADA confronted him with electronic evidence linking him with Papp’s online store, Chodroff said he immediately phoned USADA and confessed.
Jelly Belly rider Kiel Reijnen confirmed that Chodroff notified him of the suspension yesterday with a phone call.
“(Chodroff’s EPO possession) was from a long time ago and isn’t really relevant to what we’re doing now,” said Reijnen, adding that Chodroff had already decided to retire earlier this season, after the Tour of Qinghai Lake showed him his limitations.
Chodroff’s two-year period of ineligibility began on September 10, 2010, the day he accepted the sanction. Additionally, Chodroff is disqualified from all competitive results achieved on and subsequent to March 26, 2007, the date he first committed the anti-doping rule violations based on evidence currently in USADA’s possession, including forfeiture of any medals, points and prizes.
As VeloNews reported earlier this week, a wave of domestic cyclists are believed to receive sanctions in the coming days and weeks for purchasing performance-enhancing drugs through a Web site Papp ran from September 2006 through September 2007.
According to the Justice Department, Papp imported the drugs from the Chinese manufacturer, Shandong Kexing Bioproducts Company and sold the drugs to approximately 187 customers, including cyclists and other athletes, throughout the United States and internationally.
In February Papp, 35, pleaded guilty in a Pennsylvania federal court to conspiracy to distribute human growth hormone and recombinant erythropoietin. He has not yet been sentenced for his violation of federal narcotic laws. He faces a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison, a fine of $500,000, or both.
Because he is awaiting sentencing, Papp declined to comment about any USADA or criminal investigations with which he may be cooperating.
However, Papp posted this message on his Twitter account on Friday morning: “Respect to Jonathan Chodroff for doing the “honorable” thing and admitting HIS involvement. Many others haven’t/won’t, it seems.”
Reached by VeloNews Friday morning, Chodroff had no comment. However in another news outlet he admitted to purchasing doping products in 2007. When USADA confronted him with electronic evidence linking him with Papp’s online store, Chodroff said he immediately phoned USADA and confessed.
Jelly Belly rider Kiel Reijnen confirmed that Chodroff notified him of the suspension yesterday with a phone call.
“(Chodroff’s EPO possession) was from a long time ago and isn’t really relevant to what we’re doing now,” said Reijnen, adding that Chodroff had already decided to retire earlier this season, after the Tour of Qinghai Lake showed him his limitations.
Chodroff’s two-year period of ineligibility began on September 10, 2010, the day he accepted the sanction. Additionally, Chodroff is disqualified from all competitive results achieved on and subsequent to March 26, 2007, the date he first committed the anti-doping rule violations based on evidence currently in USADA’s possession, including forfeiture of any medals, points and prizes.
Malaysian cyclist caught using steroids.
"Promising Malaysian cyclist Muhammad Fauzan Ahmad Lufti has admitted his stupidity for taking medication for a knee injury that led to a two-year ban for doping at the weekend."
"Fauzan was banned by Anti Doping Agency Malaysia -- and dismissed from the country's elite training programme -- on Sunday after testing positive for anabolic steroids."
"Fauzan was banned by Anti Doping Agency Malaysia -- and dismissed from the country's elite training programme -- on Sunday after testing positive for anabolic steroids."
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