Notice the part where they used snitches wearing wires etc. They'll stop at nothing if they want u bad enough!
Network of steroid users, distributors revealed
By JOSH SWARTZLANDER / Lincoln Journal Star
Levi Lewis and Kenneth Thompson, both arrested on drug conspiracy charges last month, sat atop a network of steroid users and distributors in Lincoln, a Nebraska State Patrol investigator testified Wednesday at Lewis' preliminary hearing.
Lewis and Thompson both used steroids — sent in packages from New York — and sold them to friends and buyers they met at bars and gyms, investigator Matt Brodecky said in court Wednesday.
Some people who bought from Lewis and Thompson not only used the steroids but sold them to other users, Brodecky said.
He based his testimony, in part, on interviews with people who bought the drugs from Lewis and Thompson or received mailed packages for them, he said.
Investigators were helped in the case by Matthew Ochsner of Waverly, who had bought steroids from Thompson and who later recorded their conversations.
Ochsner received two packages for Thompson, whom he knew from the military, and bought at least $1,700 in drugs from him, Brodecky said.
Later, at the request of officers, Ochsner wore a wire during a conversation with Thompson, during which Thompson said he was worried authorities were closing in.
Ochsner met Lewis at Gold's Gym through Thompson, he told authorities.
Ochsner told the Journal Star earlier this month Husker football players "definitely" bought and used steroids from the ring.
Lewis, who shared a dorm room with former Nebraska football player Sandro DeAngelis in 2001 and 2002, approached at least one Nebraska football player and offered to sell him steroids, Brodecky said.
Former Husker Alex Shada declined to buy the drugs, Brodecky said. The former football player told authorities Lewis approached him after he injured his shoulder and told him the drugs would help him recover.
DeAngelis told authorities he never used steroids but knew Lewis had them.
Rick Fitzgerald, arrested more than a year ago for steroid possession, told authorities he got drugs from Lewis and sold them to others, Brodecky said. Chad Case, arrested last month at the same time as Lewis and Thompson, paid Fitzgerald $1,400 cash for steroids, Brodecky said.
Case, who met Fitzgerald at a gym, then got Fitzgerald and Lewis jobs at a nutrition store, where he already worked.
Fitzgerald also overheard conversations between Lewis and Thompson about receiving packages of steroids and sending payments for them to New York, Brodecky said.
Thompson, Case and Lewis each face a charge of conspiracy to deliver a controlled substance. Lewis is also charged with possession of a controlled substance and possession of illicit drug money.
Thompson will appear in court Aug. 9. Lewis was bound to district court; his next hearing is Aug. 10. Case's preliminary hearing was continued Wednesday. His next appearance is Sept. 21.
All three have pleaded not guilty and have been released on bond
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