On another matter, attorneys for Signature also requested a hearing before Osceola Circuit Court Judge John Marshall Kest about the pharmacy’s clients. The state wants to examine prescriptions filled by Signature and sent letters to several thousand clients.
According to the motion filed, the state did not date the letters but told the clients they had 30 days to respond. Signature attorneys filed an objection, saying it violates the patients’ due-process rights.
The letters have alarmed many clients of Signature Pharmacy since private medical records seized from Signature Pharmacy have previously been “leaked” to the media by prosecutors in a concerted effort to smear and embarrass prominent individuals as part of a steroid witch-hunt
Customs officials in San Diego desperately wanted to know “what’s Jose Canseco on now?” San Diego Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) searched and detained Canseco for over nine hours after being caught with a bottle of human chorionic goandotropin (hCG). Customs officials refused to release Canseco unless he allowed them to search his Southern California home. U.S. Customs agents searched Canseco’s home the very next day trying to find out “what’s Jose Canseco on now” but were disappointed when they did not discover any anabolic steroids.
Jose Canseco is the spokesperson for sports supplement company GAT (German American Technologies) whose ad campaigns feature a picture of Canseco with the question “what’s Jose Canseco on now?” It is unclear whether customs agents uncovered any Jet Fuel or Sonic Pump during a search of Canseco’s house
Prosecutors representing the State of Florida and Albany County (New York) methodically planned to prosecute Signature Pharmacy in two separate steroid investigations in a manner that would deprive the defendants of protections against double jeopardy according to court documents.
William N. Shepherd, the Statewide Prosecutor for the Florida Attorney General, and David Soares and Christopher Baynes, prosecutors for the Albany County District Attorney’s Office in New York allegedly had a secret in-person meeting where they specifically planned complex legal proceedings in two jurisdictions to make it more difficult for Signature to defend itself. The plan was detailed in a report by Mark Haskins, an investigator with the New York Bureau of Narcotics Enforcement, who worked with Albany County District Attorney David Soares in the Signature Pharmacy steroid investigation.
Signature Pharmacy and its owners, Stan and Naomi Loomis, allege that David Soares illegally operated outside his jurisdiction in the steroid investigation and prosecuted them without probable cause; Signature Pharmacy further alleges that David Soares is a political opportunist who flew in an Albany Times-Union reporter and tipped off local media to cover an unnecessary steroid raid that was clearly designed as a photo op to promote Soares’ celebrity during an election year
Albany County District Attorney David Soares spent millions of dollars in taxpayer money on a steroid witch-hunt against athletes and entertainers. The nation’s steroid hysteria facilitated extensive news and media coverage of the sensationalistic outing of steroid users. The lack of true investigative journalism allowed a corrupt, fraudulent and incompetent prosecutor to gain national headlines as an anti-steroid crusader while recklessly misusing his political office.
Is it any wonder that our country is in deep economic trouble given that our news gatekeepers have obsessed over the use of anabolic steroids by professional athletes and entertainers rather than investigate the fraud, corruption, and incompetence of government blowhards spearheading the steroid witch hunt?
Albany County District Attorney David Soares was so preoccupied with the Signature Pharmacy steroid investigation in FLORIDA, the APS Pharmacy investigation in ALABAMA and numerous longevity clinics in states around the country, he was too busy to prosecute over 322 felons who had to be released from jail in HIS OWN DISTRICT in Albany County. Many of his constituents now feel that Soares should spend more time prosecuting local cases and less on the national steroid investigations
The Florida Attorney General’s Office is waiting 30 days before reviewing the private prescription records of thousands of clients who used the services of Signature Pharmacy. Clients of Signature Pharmacy have 30 days to file a written objection to prevent an invasion of their prescription records by the Attorney General’s Office of Statewide Prosecution. If the State of Florida does not receive a written objection, they may use and submit your prescription records in a state case against Signature Pharmacy.
The Albany County District Attorney’s steroid distribution case against Signature Pharmacy (Operation Which Doctor) was recently dismissed due to the incompetence of prosecutor David Soares. As a result, David Soares is not permitted to seek charges against Signature Pharmacy effectively wasting millions of dollars from the coffers of Albany County.
The Florida Attorney General’s is hoping that David Soares has not irreparably damaged a criminal case against against Stan and Naomi Loomis, the Signature Pharmacy owners, pharmacist Michael Loomis or Signature Pharmacy employees Kirk Calvert and Anthony Palladino.
An IFBB pro bodybuilder convicted of GHB/GBL distribution and sentenced to over 10 years in prison was released early due to his history of steroid use and his muscle dysmorphia. Ironically, Justin Rys’ steroid use and participation in bodybuilding worked to his benefit in the New Zealand criminal justice system!!
A New Zealand “3 News” video report describes how “megarexia” and Rys’ desire to become a pro bodybuilder caused him to become addicted to GHB/GBL (aka Fantasy) and start illegally importing GHB/GBL (”Mr. Big,” September 29).
Some people become addicted to alcohol, some addicted to gambling. Justin is addicted to weight gain, an addiction labelled megarexic. His addiction saw him thrown in jail for importing illegal drugs with a $2 million street value, all intended for himself, in his attempt to become a champion bodybuilder.
Individuals who purchased steroids earlier this year at bodybuilding gyms in Opelousas, Eunice and Krotz Springs (Louisiana) may currently be “monitored” by the St. Landry Sheriff Department. This is a consequence of a major steroid bust in Louisiana last summer that uncovered a staggering (!) $15,000 in anabolic steroids and resulted in six arrests thus far.
The steroid bust by the St. Landry Sheriff Department was the result of a seven-month investigation that involved local distributors of Generic Labs Pharmaceuticals. Some of the customers identified as buying steroids were local high school football players.
The Daily Advertiser reported today that St. Landry Parish Sheriff Bobby Guidroz and his detectives are still “monitoring” at least 100 customers/clients who purchased anabolic steroids in an effort to arrest more steroid distributors
The popular documentary about anabolic steroids can be purchased at the 2008 Olympia Expo in Las Vegas this weekend. “Bigger Stronger Faster*” is a critical exploration of anabolic steroids and performance enhancing drugs in sports and society which tackles many more serious ethical and political issues along the way. The producers of this steroid documentary have a booth (#146) at the 2008 Olympia Expo (September 26-27) where visitors can purchase a copy of the DVD prior to its official nationwide release on September 30, 2008. The Bigger Stronger Faster DVD can also be pre-ordered from Amazon.
I have had the privilege of corresponding with the producers throughout the production and release of this terrific film. I have previously interviewed the director, Christopher Bell, and also had the chance to spend a couple of hours with him in the Magnolia Pictures press conference at the Orleans Hotel & Casino watching the bonus features that are included in the DVD version in addition to the feature presentation.
I also visited again with Tamsin Rawady and Alex Buono, the talented filmmakers who collaborated with Chris Bell to create “Bigger Stronger Faster*”. Tamsin and Alex bring a unique perspective to the documentary as outsiders to the world of anabolic steroids.
Jeffrey J. Rock, better known as Gavin Kane in the bodybuilding world, was recently sentenced to 5 years probation and 15 months community and home confinement for his role in the Internet distribution of Jintropin human growth hormone in the United States. Jeffrey Rock operated as an internet HGH source using the alias Propeptides. He marketed human growth hormone to bodybuilders through Gavin Kane Enterprises and RockHard Physique and related websites, GavinKane.com and Propeptides.com.
Jeffrey Rock aka Propeptides was one of the major players involved in the distribution of Jintropin brand human growth hormone in the United States; he worked directly with GeneScience Pharmaceuticals in China to import/smuggle and distribute HGH to bodybuilders in the U.S. Rock was indicted on six charges including one count of smuggling human growth hormone into the United States, two counts of distribution of growth hormone and three counts of money laundering. Rock faced a total of 60 years in prison and $1.5 million in fines. He faced 20 years in prison for the single count of smuggling HGH alone under federal sentencing guidelines.
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