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Bust nets $348,000 in steroids
Police say drugs mailed to New Concord man from Russia
By STEPHANIE A. GREEGOR
Staff Writer
CHRIS CROOK/Times Recorder
Some of the steroids seized by the Muskingum County Sheriff's Office recently.
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ZANESVILLE - A 29-year-old New Concord man is facing 21 felony drug charges after being arrested Monday in one of the county's largest anabolic steroid drug busts.
Richard Scott Reed is in the Muskingum County jail after detectives executed four separate search warrants that yielded 16,900 unit doses of anabolic steroid drugs and 500 unit does of dangerous drugs, according to a news release from the Sheriff's Office. The estimated street value of the drugs is $348,000.
"I'm proud of my officers and the work they've done on this investigation," said Sheriff Bob Stephenson.
According to Detective Mike LeCocq, the investigation showed Reed was receiving the drugs through the New Concord Post Office and Box and Mail in Zanesville. The packages were being sent from Moscow, Russia.
Using the mail to a commit a crime is a federal offense, but Stephenson said the postmaster has chosen to let the offenses be handled at the state level.
Stephenson pointed out that the Sheriff's Office does not know who the drugs were being sold to, and Reed refused to answer any questions until he has a lawyer.
Detective Todd Kanavel said steroids are most closely associated with athletics.
"The drug doesn't provide what you would call a 'rush,'" LeCocq said of the physical properties of steroids. He said the rush comes from the drug's ability to make an athlete stronger and build muscles.
"Guys get what's called 'roid rage' from the increase in testosterone (due to the ingestion of steroids)," Kanavel said. "They get very aggressive."
Kanavel said the drug can cause personality changes and affects the liver and kidneys.
"(Athletes) need to avoid steroids and instead they should hit the gym and eat properly (to gain muscle mass)," Stephenson said.
Steroids are typically sold in pill or vial form at $20 per injection or $200 for a vial, Lacocq said. He added that users typically "stack" the doses, meaning they shoot it up then follow that with the pills.
Reed was arrested and convicted on charges of domestic violence in 1999 and 2000 in Guernsey County. He has no drug convictions.
Reed is expected to be arraigned this week in the Zanesville Municipal Court
Bust nets $348,000 in steroids
Police say drugs mailed to New Concord man from Russia
By STEPHANIE A. GREEGOR
Staff Writer
CHRIS CROOK/Times Recorder
Some of the steroids seized by the Muskingum County Sheriff's Office recently.
ADVERTISEMENT
ZANESVILLE - A 29-year-old New Concord man is facing 21 felony drug charges after being arrested Monday in one of the county's largest anabolic steroid drug busts.
Richard Scott Reed is in the Muskingum County jail after detectives executed four separate search warrants that yielded 16,900 unit doses of anabolic steroid drugs and 500 unit does of dangerous drugs, according to a news release from the Sheriff's Office. The estimated street value of the drugs is $348,000.
"I'm proud of my officers and the work they've done on this investigation," said Sheriff Bob Stephenson.
According to Detective Mike LeCocq, the investigation showed Reed was receiving the drugs through the New Concord Post Office and Box and Mail in Zanesville. The packages were being sent from Moscow, Russia.
Using the mail to a commit a crime is a federal offense, but Stephenson said the postmaster has chosen to let the offenses be handled at the state level.
Stephenson pointed out that the Sheriff's Office does not know who the drugs were being sold to, and Reed refused to answer any questions until he has a lawyer.
Detective Todd Kanavel said steroids are most closely associated with athletics.
"The drug doesn't provide what you would call a 'rush,'" LeCocq said of the physical properties of steroids. He said the rush comes from the drug's ability to make an athlete stronger and build muscles.
"Guys get what's called 'roid rage' from the increase in testosterone (due to the ingestion of steroids)," Kanavel said. "They get very aggressive."
Kanavel said the drug can cause personality changes and affects the liver and kidneys.
"(Athletes) need to avoid steroids and instead they should hit the gym and eat properly (to gain muscle mass)," Stephenson said.
Steroids are typically sold in pill or vial form at $20 per injection or $200 for a vial, Lacocq said. He added that users typically "stack" the doses, meaning they shoot it up then follow that with the pills.
Reed was arrested and convicted on charges of domestic violence in 1999 and 2000 in Guernsey County. He has no drug convictions.
Reed is expected to be arraigned this week in the Zanesville Municipal Court
