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February 28, 2007

Pharmacy raided in Fla. implicated in R.I. steroid case

ORLANDO, Fla. -- The district attorney in Albany, N.Y., said today that some professional athletes were involved with an illicit steroid distribution network with customers in Rhode Island.

The development comes a week after federal prosecutors in Rhode Island charged the owner of a New Jersey pharmaceutical company and two doctors accused in a scheme to illegally distribute steroids.

One of the pharmacies raided in Florida yesterday -- Signature Pharmacy in Orlando --is alleged to have delivered human growth hormone and steroids to customers in Rhode Island and elsewhere.

The pharmacy is mentioned by name in a federal grand jury indictment returned last week in Rhode Island.

Federal and state agents raided two Signature Pharmacy stores in Orlando, arresting four company officials. Customers reportedly include Major League baseball's Gary Matthews Junior and boxing's Evander Holyfield.

-- The Associated Press

Posted by Steve Peoples  at 4:29 PM | Permalink

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