Pa Authorities Arrest 13 Suspects Involved with Selling Transcontinental Anabolic Steroids

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• Probation officer, corrections officers among those charged
• 17-month investigation dubbed \”Operation Gym Candy\”
• Hundreds of thousands of pills manufactured, distributed

HARRISBURG – Attorney General Kathleen G. Kane today announced charges in a case involving two transcontinental anabolic steroids rings. In all 13 people were charged, including a probation officer and four current or former corrections officers. The charges allege that the individuals shipped hundreds of thousands of pills out of five Northeastern Pennsylvania counties, and also ran a ring that sold illegal prescription drugs. The charges followed a 17-month investigation conducted by the Office of Attorney General\’s Bureau of Narcotics Investigation in cooperation with local law enforcement.

As part of the illicit operation three of the individuals charged, Brian Laubach of Berwick, Richard Piccarreta of Plymouth and Paul Dougal of Plymouth, allegedly imported raw materials from China that they manufactured in their homes by stuffing anabolic steroids into caplets or cooking the raw materials to fill vials so that the drugs could be injected. Keith Kilgus of Danville allegedly worked for both rings by picking up the packages that came in from China and delivering the materials to the three suppliers, as well as shipping packages for both rings.