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January 2, 2008

Man agrees to plead to steroid charges in R.I.

A Florida man has agreed to plead guilty in U.S. District Court, Providence, to selling kits over the Internet that make anabolic steroids injectable.

Bryon Parker of Delray Beach allegedly grossed more than $900,000 in 2005 and 2006 by selling kits that convert anabolic steroids into an injectable type, federal authorities announced today.

He sold the kits to people in Rhode Island and elsewhere.

The criminal information was filed on Dec. 27 and Parker also agreed to plead guilty and to forfeit $250,000 that were proceeds of the sales, according to the announcement by U.S. Attorney Robert Clark Corrente and Mark Dragonetti, resident agent in charge of the Food and Drug Administration, Office of Criminal Investigations.

Parker, 32, ran a business named Research Services LLC in West Palm Beach, Fla., the U.S. Attorney's office said. Through the business he ran a Web site, “researchlabsupply.com,” where he advertised for sale paraphernalia to be used to turn anabolic steroids from powder to an injectable liquid. The kits he sold included materials such as cottonseed or sesame oil, Ethyl Oleate, benzyl alcohol, sterile syringe filters, and glass bottles.

In 2005, according to the information, Research Services grossed $240,395. In 2006, gross sales reached $697,600.

The information calls for forfeiting the $250,000 in proceeds and identifies $219,067 seized by federal agents from accounts that Parker held. In the plea agreement, Parker concedes the forfeiture.

The maximum penalty for selling drug paraphernalia is three years in federal prison and a $250,000 fine. Parker is scheduled to appear for U.S. District Court arraignment on Jan. 10. He has not been arrested.

-- projo.com staff writer Michael P. McKinney

Posted by Mike McKinney  at 3:18 PM | Permalink

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