The Toledo Blade reports that police found a cache of 'steroids' and syringes in an Ohio bar during a raid on the joint.
Charges filed against two owners of the Rodeo Bar & Grill in Oregon were dismissed yesterday after a third owner admitted the steroids and syringes found during a search of the business in January were his, their attorney said.
Johnathan Roumaya, 23, of 3140 Shoreland Ave., Washington Township, pleaded no contest and was found guilty yesterday in Oregon Municipal Court to a misdemeanor charge of possession of dangerous drugs. A misdemeanor charge of permitting drug abuse was dismissed. He faces up to six months in jail and a $1,000 fine. Mr. Roumaya was referred to the probation department yesterday for a presentence investigation. He is scheduled for sentencing April 14.
You're going to read that the owner claimed he used the 'roids personally, but why keep his stash at such a public venue? Wonder if slinging steroids has made local bar scenes like certain bars sling the rock?
The Rodeo Bar and Grill, 3150 Navarre Ave., is believed to be where Michael Gagnon, 24, of Adrian was drinking Dec. 30 prior to heading the wrong way on I-280 and crashing the pickup he was driving into a van, killing five members of a Maryland family.
Authorities searched the bar in January and found steroids and syringes in a filing cabinet. The items found were listed as a blister pack containing nine tablets of Clenbuterol, a bottle with liquid Clenbuterol, several vials of the human growth hormone Jintropin, and a bag of syringes and more human growth hormone. Clenbuterol is a steroid used in meat production that's banned in the United States. Mr. Potts said Mr. Roumaya bought the steroids for his use though never used them. The other owners, Mr. Yousif and Mr. Murdzia, had no knowledge of the steroids being at the bar, their attorney said.
"[Mr. Roumaya] wanted to be a man about it," Mr. Potts said. "He wouldn't allow his partners to be put through the ordeal and expense to defend themselves when they knew nothing about it."
Good job 'man'. Also note that neither clenbuterol nor HGH is a steroid. Perhaps bars join other black market sources of steroid/HGH distribution:
- Buying drugs from AIDs patients
- Distribution from the Russian mafia and other elements of organized crime
- Anti-aging clinics
- Rogue doctors and vets
- Smuggled from Mexico
- Some synthesized in home labs
Sleazy business, huh?
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