|
|
[Definitie:] "An ergogenic aid is any substance or phenomenon that enhances performance."
(Wilmore and Costill) 
|
|
|
||
|
||
|
1 3 - 0 3 - 2 0 0 7 15, including football coach, charged in Morris steroid probe
Michael J. Feeney Two Wayne residents, a Hanover High School football coach and a championship professional bodybuilder are among 15 people facing charges in a steroid dealing investigation, Morris County authorities said Monday. The raid of several homes, converted into drug laboratories, revealed the distribution of anabolic steroids, gamma hydroxybutyrate (GHB), cocaine and pharmaceuticals including Cialis and Viagra, authorities said. Wayne residents Regan Ludeke, 25, and John Scicutella, 28, were both arrested and charged with cocaine possession in connection with the drug ring, the Morris County Prosecutor's Office said after a string of arrests on Friday and Saturday. Both were released on bail.
The Prosecutor's Office said searches were conducted at homes in East Hanover and a Kendall Park home of professional IFBB-bodybuilder Jason Arntz. [MuscleMemory.com] The raid found $10,000 of anabolic steroids and more than $7,000 in the home of the national bodybuilding champion, authorities said. He was charged with manufacturing steroids and was released Monday after posting $50,000 bail.
The East Hanover homes of Anthony Cuppari, 25, and Michael Dente, 24, also were searched, concluding a four-month investigation, the Prosecutor's Office said. Both were charged with several drug offenses, including possession, manufacturing and distributing the substances to local residents, authorities said. Cuppari, who is a volunteer Hanover Park High School football coach and a personal trainer at a local gym, also was charged with distributing GHB to a 17-year-old high school student. Both were being held Monday evening at the Morris County Jail on $100,000 bail. Varoujan Derbarghamian of Oradell also was arrested and charged with possession of steroids and marijuana, authorities said. His bail has been set at $10,000. It could not be immediately determined Monday evening if Derbarghamian was still in custody. 2 3 - 0 3 - 2 0 0 7 So. Bruns. bodybuilder faces steroid charges
BY CHRIS GAETANO SOUTH BRUNSWICK - Professional bodybuilder and Kendall Park resident Jason Arntz has been charged for his alleged involvement in the manufacture and distribution of anabolic steroids. Arntz is one of 16 individuals arrested at the conclusion of a two-month undercover drug investigation by the Morris County Prosecutor's Office. The probe also uncovered Viagra, Cialis, heroin, marijuana, cocaine, ecstacy and GHB being manufactured and sold at various residences in the Morris county area, though Arntz himself was only allegedly found in possession of steroids. The total value of all goods seized was more than $300,000. Police executed a search warrant at his Finnegan's Lane home on March 9. More than $10,000 worth of the drug was found in addition to $7,600 in cash, suspected to be proceeds from sales, according to authorities. He was charged with conspiracy to manufacture a controlled dangerous substance. According to Deputy Chief Paul Kalleberg of the prosecutor's office, a date for his arraignment has yet to be set. Other people arrested in the sweep included an East Hanover pair who were manufacturing the steroids and other drugs out of ingredients shipped from overseas. Anthony Cuppari, 24, worked as a personal trainer and volunteer football coach for the local high school and Michael Dente, 24, owned the pill press and laboratory used in the operation. Arntz, 35, has been competing in body building competitions since he was a teenager in 1991, winning first place in the light heavyweight division in the Teenage Mr. New Jersey and in the Musclemania competition in Philadelphia. Until about 1998, he placed in the top three in nine out of the 13 competitions he had been in at that point. After starting his pro career in 1999, his highest rank was fifth place during the Toronto Pro Invitational, with rankings of 10th, 11th or 12th becoming more common. According to Arntz's Web site, his nickname is "Baby Jay" and he is a licensed mortgage broker as well as a professional bodybuilder. He described himself as "honest, straight-forward, trustworthy, dedicated, hardworking, overachiever, likable, non-judgmental." During an August 2005 interview with the magazine "Flex," he said, "What makes a sport is guidelines and rules." |
|
|
