The Olympic kayaker, Nathan Baggaley, who is serving a lengthy prison term for dealing in ecstasy, had a month added to his sentence yesterday for possessing steroids in jail.

The 35-year-old was arrested at his kayak factory in the town’s industrial estate in 2007.

From Northernstar.com.au:

In May, 2009, he was sentenced in Lismore District Court to nine years’ imprisonment, with a non-parole period of five years.

Baggaley’s younger brother, Dru, was also convicted on a range of drug charges and received 12 years’ imprisonment, with a non-parole period of eight years.

Nathan Baggaley was an inmate at the Cessnock Correctional Centre in June last year when the three-time kayaking world champion and double Olympic silvermedallist was charged with possession of a prescribed restricted substance – steroids.

Baggaley was banned from competition in 2005 when the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Agency found he had used anabolic steroids. Yesterday Magistrate Ron Maiden sentenced Baggaley to another month in jail, to be served concurrently with his present sentence.

Baggaley pleaded guilty to the sale and distribution of 1509 ecstasy tablets.

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Barry Bonds, the baseball home run king, used steroids from a lab that was able to attract other athletes because of his involvement.

This revelation was made by a federal prosecutor during the perjury trial of Bonds.

From Slam.canoe.ca:

Bonds, 46, who has pleaded not guilty to lying about use of performance-enhancing drugs, dressed in a dark suit with a light blue shirt and matching tie and conferred amicably with his team of five attorneys before the trial got under way.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Matthew A. Parrella began by detailing a U.S. Food and Drug Administration investigation of the Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative (BALCO), whose head pleaded guilty to providing illegal performance enhancing drugs to professional athletes.

The Bonds case is one of the last strands in a lengthy investigation into the use of performance-enhancing drugs in sports. Doping revelations tarnished the reputation of baseball, known as America’s national pastime.

Parrella promised to offer eyewitnesses who saw Anderson injecting Bonds, and evidence of anabolic steroids that were found in the home of Anderson and premises of BALCO.

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A federal judge recently refused to release Bethel resident Mark Mansa on bail, declining to overturn another judge’s ruling that the drug trafficking ringleader poses a threat to the community.

Mansa, 46, appeared before U.S. District Court Magistrate Judge Holly B. Fitzsimmons wearing a khaki prison uniform in Bridgeport for a motion by his lawyer, Peter J. Schaffer, of Stamford, to grant him bail.

From Brookfield.patch.com:

Mansa is accused of being the leader of a drug trafficking ring that sold marijuana and anabolic steroids in the Danbury area. One of the co-defendants in the case is Glenn Wagner of Brookfield.

He entered pleas of not guilty for each of the offenses the government has charged him with. Schaffer said jury selection is scheduled to begin May 3.

Schaffer argued that other accused members of the ring have been released on bail even though they have prior criminal convictions, while Mansa has been held in detention since his arrest on Feb. 24, although he has no prior convictions.

Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Joseph Vizcarrando opposed releasing Mansa and said nothing has changed since Magistrate Judge William Garfinkle declared him a “danger to the community” at his arraignment on March 1.

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In the largest illegal prescription pill drug arrest in the history of Auburn Police, 5,000 oxycodone, hydrocodone, alprazolam pills, a quantity of anabolic steroids, and $11,444 in cash were confiscated.

Robert Lee Cofer, 22, who has been charged with distribution of a controlled substance, possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking offense was arrested in connection with the drug bust.

From www2.oanow.com:

“Given the sheer quantity of drugs, it appears there was intent to sell these drugs,” Dawson said.

The police chief said Cofer is currently enrolled as a student at Auburn University.

Auburn police executed a search warrant at Cofer’s residence located in the 1000 block of North Donahue Drive where the illegally obtained prescription medications and a loaded handgun were discovered.

“Cofer has been the subject of an ongoing investigation for some time now and we thought that Friday was the right time serve the warrant and arrest him,” Dawson said.

Dawson says the investigation is ongoing and that additional arrests in the case are possible.

Cofer was transported to the Montgomery City Jail where no bond has been set for him at this time, and the case will be prosecuted by the United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Alabama, Dawson said.

Dawson said Cofer faces up to 10 years behind bars.

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A new study from Nova Southeastern University has revealed that 80 percent of the 198 players interviewed reported using drugs and other substances to enhance their performance.

The drugs, generally, were marijuana, cocaine, amphetamines, Valium, and other prescription medications, as well as caffeine, energy drinks, and guarana.

From Blogs.villagevoice.com:

Long left off the list of performance-enhancing drug abusing “athletes,” poker players are finally having their day in the sun. A new study from Nova Southeastern University found that 80 percent of the 198 players interviewed reported using drugs and other substances to enhance their performance.

The drugs, generally, were things like marijuana, cocaine, amphetamines, Valium, and other prescription medications, as well as caffeine, energy drinks, and guarana. (No anabolic steroids were mentioned.)

Kevin Clauson, Pharm.D, an associate professor at NSU’s College of Pharmacy, who was the principle investigator in the study, said the higher stakes the game, the more likely the use of substances to enhance performance.

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The National Football League (NFL) will be insisting on a mandatory Human Growth Hormone (HGH) testing in the next labor deal with the players, according to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell.

The NFL Commissioner said the NFL needs to do more to ensure that banned substances are kept out of the sport.

From Playerpress.com:

HGH is a protein-based peptide hormone that stimulates growth, cell reproduction and regeneration in humans and other animals which affects the growth hormone on the tissues of the body and is described as an anabolic just as steroids are.

It is used by athletes in an attempt to enhance their athletic performance although recent studies have not been able to support claims that HGH actually improves athletic performance.

In the United States, HGH is only available legally with a prescription from a doctor.

The use of HGH by NFL players is prohibited by the league, but they do not currently test for it.

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Shayne Michael Roberts, 26, staying at 601 W. Tyler St., was recently arrested by the Bullard Police and was charged with possession of a controlled substance and possession of marijuana during a traffic stop on March 6.

He was later released from the Smith County Jail on $1,500 bond.

From Bullardnews.com:

Sgt. Jeff Bragg said.

“At about 12:05 p.m., in the 500 block of W. Tyler Street, Officer (Stuart) Alexander spotted an expired registration sticker on Mr. Roberts’ 2002 Mits ubishi Montero Sport,” he said.

“ A l – exander smelled a strong marijuana odor. Consent was given to search the vehicle, and at that time, he located the steroids and marijuana. Mr. Roberts was then arrested.”

Alexander discovered Deca-Durabolin, an anabolic steroid that is a derivative of Nandrolone, and Sustanon, another oil-based injectable steroid.

The accused was released the following day.

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The Jets’ backup quarterback, Erik Ainge has opened up about his abuse of alcohol, cocaine, and heroin.

Ainge told ESPN that he began using drugs at the age of 12 years and was a victim of multiple overdoses, drunk driving, extended stays in rehab, and relapses.

From NJ.com:

Ainge, 24, said he has been sober since July 17, which he says is his longest stretch of sobriety since he was 11.

The Jets drafted the former University of Tennessee star in 2008. Ainge was suspended for four games without pay that year for violating the league’s policy on anabolic steroids and related substances.

“I’m a drug addict,” Ainge said. “I was in denial for a long time, but that’s who I am.”

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A Florida man with reported ties to organized crime and who allegedly provided large quantities of marijuana to a Danbury area drug ring has pleaded not guilty to a conspiracy charge Thursday in U.S. District Court in Bridgeport.

Richard Sciacchetano, whom a federal prosecutor said has connections to the Bonanno organized crime family, was the primary supplier of marijuana to the drug ring, according to court documents.

From Newstimes.com:

The operation was run by Bethel resident Mark Mansa, 46, and it distributed at least 1,000 pounds of marijuana in the last year alone, according to a federal prosecutor handling the case.

Sciacchetano, an older man with curly gray hair who was using a wheelchair to enter the courtroom Thursday, has been detained by federal authorities since his arrest Feb. 28.

During his brief arraignment hearing Thursday, Sciacchetano pleaded not guilty to the single charge of conspiring to possess and distribute more than 100 kilograms of marijuana.

Sciacchetano, according to federal court documents, was the main supplier for Mansa and Brookfield resident Glenn Wagner, 48, who allegedly purchased between 20 to 30 pounds a month of marijuana and distributed the drug to “lower-level dealers.”

Wagner, who is also facing weapons charges for a sawed-off shotgun police say they discovered during a search of his North Lake Shore Drive home in late February, has also pleaded not guilty to the charges.

It was stated by court documents that Mansa is facing several charges for allegedly selling anabolic steroids, including conspiracy to distribute and several counts of possession that stemmed from controlled purchases with an undercover informant last spring.

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The case of Melchor Ferris, 30, of Chenery Street, who was charged with five offences following a police raid at an Albury fitness centre on January 20, has been adjourned.

Ferris was charged over the possession of steroids and the deemed supply of a prohibited drug and charges against him have been adjourned until May.

From Bordermail.com.au:

A Director of Public Prosecutions representative sought an adjournment until May 2 with further material to be provided by police.

Magistrate Gordon Lerve previously ordered a police brief of evidence by yesterday.

Ferris has been charged with possessing a gram of amphetamine, possessing an anabolic or androgenic steroid with 52 tablets of a prescribed substance and deemed supply of 56 grams of a prohibited drug.

He was also charged with possessing or attempting to possess an anabolic or androgenic steroid, 1000 tablets of a prescribed restricted substance, and another 58 tablets of a prescribed restricted substance.

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