Man pleads guilty to steroids charge
A Jefferson City man pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court to possessing with the intent to distribute anabolic steroids and faces a possible five-year prison sentence.
Jason Varner, 34, pleaded guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge William Knox to the charge in an Oct. 18 federal indictment, U.S. Attorney John Wood announced in a news release.
Varner was charged in Operation Raw Deal, last year’s international investigation targeting the trafficking of anabolic steroids and its raw materials, mainly from China.
A former Columbia resident, 38-year-old Bryan Wilson of Kansas City, and his ex-wife, April Wilson, 32, of Columbia, also face federal charges in connection with the investigation, which is believed to be the country’s largest steroid enforcement action.
Varner was arrested Sept. 19 at a commuter parking lot off Route AC while allegedly delivering steroids to a source cooperating with investigators.
Law enforcement officers later found 44 vials of anabolic steroids in Varner’s residence, the news release said.
Under federal laws, Varner could be sentenced to as much as five years without parole plus a fine of as much as $250,000, the news release said.
Posted: July 23rd, 2008 under Steroid Busts.
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