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Man in steroids case sentenced
Bowling Green resident given three years of probation
By JUSTIN STORY, The Daily News
Wednesday, August 3, 2011 11:05 AM CDT
A Bowling Green man was sentenced Tuesday in federal court for a crime involving steroids.
Shon Dewayne Dean, 35, was given three years of probation by U.S. District Judge Joseph McKinley Jr.
Dean pleaded guilty in May in U.S. District Court to possession with intent to distribute anabolic steroids.
At his sentencing hearing Tuesday, Dean said he made “a lot of mistakes” and wished to move on with his life after the sentencing.
“I take responsibility for my actions and I apologize for my actions,” Dean said.
Dean first came to law enforcement’s attention in 2009 following an investigation by the Kentucky State Police Drug Enforcement/Special Investigations West Branch.
According to documents filed in Warren Circuit Court, a confidential informant told police he had been buying anabolic steroids and syringes from Dean.
From there, the informant arranged and conducted three separate 2009 drug transactions with Dean - on March 3, April 29 and May 6 - in which the informant bought two bottles of steroids each time for $220.
Police executed a search warrant of Dean’s home on May 6, 2009, and recovered 25 bottles of a performance-enhancing drug called Anabolic Edge, 10 bottles of other steroids, including liquid albuterol, and multiple syringes, among other items, according to a copy of the warrant.
Dean originally faced charges in state court of second-degree trafficking in a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia, but the state case was superseded by a felony information that charged him with the federal offense.
The federal information claimed that Dean possessed the steroids and intended to distribute them between January 2008 and May 6, 2009.
The charge carries a maximum punishment of 10 years in prison, but federal sentencing guidelines took into account Dean’s lack of criminal history.
The plea agreement filed May 2 in federal court states that the anabolic steroids Dean possessed included testosterone, stanozolol, trenbolone and nadrolone decanoate, which are all designated as controlled substances and have been used illicitly as performance enhancers by some athletes.
Local law enforcement says that drug investigations involving steroids are rare, compared to those involving other controlled substances.
Stephanie Collins, spokeswoman for the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Western District of Kentucky, said that federal prosecutors tend to handle steroids cases more often than their counterparts in state court.
Recent cases involving steroids include the indictment last year by a federal grand jury in Bowling Green of Adam Parker of Dawson Springs on charges of illegally distributing and misbranding anabolic steroids and failing to register an establishment used to process, package and change labels on anabolic steroids.
In another federal case, 2006 Mr. Kentucky body building champion Kevin Revelette pleaded guilty last year to distributing anabolic steroids over an 18-month period and was sentenced to two years in prison.
Four co-defendants also pleaded guilty in that case and were sentenced, including Brandon Millay, a former community college professor in Owensboro who authorities said imported steroid powder from China and processed it into a liquid at his home. The product was then be sold in Owensboro and online.
Man in steroids case sentenced
Bowling Green resident given three years of probation
By JUSTIN STORY, The Daily News
Wednesday, August 3, 2011 11:05 AM CDT
A Bowling Green man was sentenced Tuesday in federal court for a crime involving steroids.
Shon Dewayne Dean, 35, was given three years of probation by U.S. District Judge Joseph McKinley Jr.
Dean pleaded guilty in May in U.S. District Court to possession with intent to distribute anabolic steroids.
At his sentencing hearing Tuesday, Dean said he made “a lot of mistakes” and wished to move on with his life after the sentencing.
“I take responsibility for my actions and I apologize for my actions,” Dean said.
Dean first came to law enforcement’s attention in 2009 following an investigation by the Kentucky State Police Drug Enforcement/Special Investigations West Branch.
According to documents filed in Warren Circuit Court, a confidential informant told police he had been buying anabolic steroids and syringes from Dean.
From there, the informant arranged and conducted three separate 2009 drug transactions with Dean - on March 3, April 29 and May 6 - in which the informant bought two bottles of steroids each time for $220.
Police executed a search warrant of Dean’s home on May 6, 2009, and recovered 25 bottles of a performance-enhancing drug called Anabolic Edge, 10 bottles of other steroids, including liquid albuterol, and multiple syringes, among other items, according to a copy of the warrant.
Dean originally faced charges in state court of second-degree trafficking in a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia, but the state case was superseded by a felony information that charged him with the federal offense.
The federal information claimed that Dean possessed the steroids and intended to distribute them between January 2008 and May 6, 2009.
The charge carries a maximum punishment of 10 years in prison, but federal sentencing guidelines took into account Dean’s lack of criminal history.
The plea agreement filed May 2 in federal court states that the anabolic steroids Dean possessed included testosterone, stanozolol, trenbolone and nadrolone decanoate, which are all designated as controlled substances and have been used illicitly as performance enhancers by some athletes.
Local law enforcement says that drug investigations involving steroids are rare, compared to those involving other controlled substances.
Stephanie Collins, spokeswoman for the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Western District of Kentucky, said that federal prosecutors tend to handle steroids cases more often than their counterparts in state court.
Recent cases involving steroids include the indictment last year by a federal grand jury in Bowling Green of Adam Parker of Dawson Springs on charges of illegally distributing and misbranding anabolic steroids and failing to register an establishment used to process, package and change labels on anabolic steroids.
In another federal case, 2006 Mr. Kentucky body building champion Kevin Revelette pleaded guilty last year to distributing anabolic steroids over an 18-month period and was sentenced to two years in prison.
Four co-defendants also pleaded guilty in that case and were sentenced, including Brandon Millay, a former community college professor in Owensboro who authorities said imported steroid powder from China and processed it into a liquid at his home. The product was then be sold in Owensboro and online.
Dude's a moron.
