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Mysterious Drug Raid Might Have Targeted Steroid Using Cops
KTOK-AM
Oklahoma City's News
September 30, 2004
Local law agencies are not talking about a federal drug raid overnight in the Oklahoma
City area which might have targeted some police officers for steroid use. A spokeswoman
for the Oklahoma County D-A says several organizations were involved.
A mysterious federal drug raid overnight in Oklahoma City, according to law enforcement
sources, might have targeted steroid using police officers. But none of the agencies
directly involved are discussing it publicly. "It's an ongoing investigation," said
Debra Forshee, spokeswoman for the Oklahoma County District Attorney's office.
Sources indicated several police officers, were among up to 30 were targets of the Drug
Enforcement Agency raid. DEA agents were said to have been assisted by agents of the
Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs. But the ONBDD agency was not discussing
the raid and referred KTOK calls to the DEA.
A spokesman for the DEA told a KTOK reporter, "Look, I don't want to be a jerk about it
but I can't comment about it." "We're not willing to do anything which might compromise
the investigation. It's not worth the risk to officers still on the streets," added
Forshee who would only say "several organizations are involved."
One source indicated a State trooper was targeted as well as a police officer in Moore.
The source says the entire investigation involved cocaine and the use of steroids by police
officers.
Kevin Ward, director of the Oklahoma Department of Public Safety confirmed one of his
employees was involved. He did not identify the employee as a state trooper nor reveal
the name of the individual.
Captain Jeff Becker, a spokesman for the Oklahoma City police department said he knew
little of the raid. "But to the best of my knowledge, no Oklahoma City police employees are
involved," he stated.
Law Enforcement Officers Knew Man At Center Of Investigation
10/2/2004
AP
Two law enforcement officers who were arrested on complaints of conspiring to distribute drugs had dealings with a bodybuilder at the center of the investigation, authorities said.
Oklahoma Highway Patrol trooper Timothy H. Timmons, 36, and Norman police officer Kyle Ward Sherman, 34, were arrested Thursday and suspended with pay pending internal investigations.
The officers have had contact with Thomas L. Brown, a Norman bodybuilder and personal trainer who has been supplying steroids to several people, including Norman police officers, according to an investigation by a Drug Enforcement Administration drug task force and other metro area officers.
Sherman is the only Norman officer who has been arrested.
In May, the task force began working with the Missouri State Highway Patrol and the Lake Area Narcotics Group in Jefferson City, Mo., after Oklahoma City resident Steven K. Clausen was arrested in Missouri with the drug ecstasy and marijuana.
Court records allege Missouri investigators and an undercover DEA officer bought from Clausen, 29, more than $15,000 worth of drugs, including marijuana, ecstasy, cocaine, steroids and gamma-hydroxybutyrate _ commonly known as GHB or the date rape drug.
The investigation included those drugs plus methamphetamines and prescription drugs.
Bob Surovec, DEA assistant special agent in charge, said the probe is continuing, and additional arrests may be made.
Surovec said it isn't routine for narcotics agents to investigate illegal steroids.
Investigators obtained court-ordered wiretaps to monitor hundreds of telephone calls.
Some of the calls showed that Timmons and Brown were acquainted. Even though Timmons was aware of Brown's drug dealings, he didn't do anything to stop the illegal drug distribution, authorities allege.
Timmons once asked Brown for Clenbuterol, which isn't an anabolic steroid or a controlled substance. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration, however, has banned the substance, records state.
Investigators said in court papers that people who use anabolic steroids will take Clenbuterol to help them burn body fat.
Sherman allegedly ran computer checks on vehicle tag information for Clausen and Brown, records show.
Investigators said Sherman used the computer terminal in his patrol car. Sherman is mentioned on monitored calls and was seen meeting Brown at a Moore gym by surveillance officers, the affidavit states.
Others arrested include Monica K. Hale, 43, the 2001 Miss Oklahoma Bodybuilding champion; Curtis L. White, 24, a former University of Oklahoma baseball pitcher; James Ray Thomas, 54, owner of Fairmed Pharmacy in Newcastle; and Timothy Young, 37, an Oklahoma City chiropractor.
Teddy's Bar, 6212 S Western Ave., is described by investigators as a haven for Clausen to distribute his drugs.
Clausen and Cable were associated with concert promoters who brought Brazilian bands to Oklahoma City, records state.
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[Definitie:] "An ergogenic aid is any substance or phenomenon that enhances performance."
(Wilmore and Costill) 
