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Florida man faces drug charges
David Jack is accused of distributing illegal steroids in Glynn County
By Terry Dickson
The Times-Union
7/18/2007
BRUNSWICK - A Homosassa man was arraigned Tuesday in U.S. District Court on single counts of conspiracy to
possess and distribute illegal steroids and distributing illegal steroids.
David Paul Jack, 32, entered a plea of not guilty, after which U.S. Magistrate James Graham ordered him
detained without bail until his trial.
An indictment returned by a federal grand jury says that Jack conspired with others between April and the
present to possess and distribute the illegal drugs and that on May 24, Jack distributed 1,050 grams of
anabolic steroids, a Schedule III drug, in Glynn County.
FBI Special Agent Tony Alig testified that federal Food and Drug Administration and postal inspectors
executed a search warrant at the Homosassa house where Jack lives with his parents. In spite of that search,
Jack continued to contact a supplier of anabolic steroids and to try to fill orders, Alig said.
"He wanted to continue with their business," all the while using a number of fictitious names, Alig said.
Alig described the steroids as human growth hormone and said later that they are used in body-building gymnasiums.
Alig also testified to Jack's criminal record, including arrests and probation violations for possessing
and selling marijuana dating back to 1995. In March 2001, Jack was arrested for cruelty to a child and
on July 13, 2006, his bond was revoked for aggravated battery of a pregnant woman, Alig said.
Jack's arrest stems from an investigation into an international network selling human growth hormone from
"rogue manufacturers" in China, Alig said.
"It's very large-scale," Alig said after the hearing.
He declined to tell the Times-Union where the steroids were being sold in the Brunswick area, but said,
"Right now, we're investigating some of the individuals in the brokering transactions."
Jack testified he had never failed to answer any court summons and downplayed his violations.
Jack said he has earned a living selling prepaid credit cards and that he baby-sits his 8-month-old daughter
while his girlfriend earns good pay dancing. Jack said he has worked as a server in restaurants before,
and has been offered a job in another in Citrus County.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Brian McEvoy asked Jack about other ways he had made a living.
"For the last year you've made a living selling steroids so you didn't need a job," McEvoy said.
"Not for a year," Jack said.
In ordering Jack detained, Graham said he had shown "an inability or unwillingness" to comply with the
conditions of his probation in the past.
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No bail for steroid sting suspect
Pennsylvania man arrested in Glynn on probation in New Jersey
By Teresa Stepzinski
The Times-Union
8/7/2007
BRUNSWICK - A Pennsylvania man snared in a federal sting operation targeting steroid traffickers
nationwide will remain jailed in Southeast Georgia while awaiting trial.
Brian C. Parker, 23, of Bethlehem, is charged with distributing anabolic steroids from "rogue manufacturers"
in China, as well as selling homemade male sexual performance drugs to undercover narcotics agents posing
as customers in Glynn County.
After hearing testimony on the scope of the federal investigation, U.S. Magistrate James Graham ordered
Parker jailed without bail on Monday pending trial. Graham also cited the fact that Parker is already
on probation for a prior steroid distribution case in New Jersey.
"Mr. Parker will be detained without bond because he has demonstrated an inability or unwillingness to
comply with the court of Hunterdon County, N.J.," Graham said.
Parker pleaded not guilty July 31 to federal charges of conspiracy to possess and distribute anabolic
steroids and distribution of anabolic steroids.
He is the second man in less than a month to face federal charges stemming from the portion of the sting
operation conducted in Glynn County during April and May.
David Paul Jack, 32, of Homosassa, Fla., pleaded not guilty July 17 to the same federal charges as Parker
albeit for a different incident.
At that time, Graham ordered Jack jailed without bail until his trial.
Both Parker and Jack are linked to the same source and distribution network of illegal steroids coming into
the United States from China, sworn affidavits from investigators and other court documents show.
A federal grand jury in Savannah charged the men in separate indictments.
Graham questioned the government last week about the extent of the steroid distribution in Glynn or the
other 42 counties making up the U.S. Southern District of Georgia.
There is no indication that Parker or Jack had any prior connection to this area, FBI Special Agent
Tony Alig testified.
There was also no evidence that steroids had been sent to the area before the sting operation, Alig said.
Both Parker and Jack could have been prosecuted in other federal jurisdictions, Alig replied to additional
questions from Graham.
The men's arrest stems from an ongoing investigation involving the FBI, U.S. Food and Drug Administration
and U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration.
Parker, alias Livestronger, used an encrypted e-mail system to broker the sale and distribution of steroids
as well as the sexual enhancement drugs, Alig testified.
Undercover agents posing as customers negotiated to buy steroids and "homemade Viagra" from Parker via a
series of encrypted e-mails, Alig testified.
On May 2, an agent in Brunswick received a package from Parker containing 100 vials of liquid anabolic
steroids plus 1,000 tablets of "homemade Viagra," Alig testified.
As the sting continued, agents began monitoring the Lehigh Valley, Pa., post office where packages had
been traced to Parker, according to the court documents.
"On May 15, he received a package from China containing 20 kilos [44 pounds] of steroids, which had a street
value of $300,000," Alig testified.
Parker was arrested May 22, four days after police seized a large cache of pills, liquid-filled vials and
"three industrial pill presses used for the manufacture of steroid pills for individual consumption," the
documents said.
Fonda Dixon, a federal probation officer, testified that Parker has a criminal record including arrests
for endangering the welfare of a child, and possession and distribution of steroids.
Parker currently is on 12-month pretrial intervention probation stemming from a New Jersey charge of
distribution and possession of a controlled substance - steroids, Dixon testified.
That charge resulted from Parker having 200 doses of steroids in 2005, Dixon said.
Jack, known by the alias "Worldwide," is charged with distributing 1,050 grams of steroids May 24 to an
undercover officer with the Glynn-Brunswick Narcotics Enforcement Team, who was posing as a customer
in the federal sting.
Jack also has a criminal record including arrests and probation violations for possessing and selling
marijuana, cruelty to children and aggravated battery of a pregnant woman, Alig previously testified.
Both the federal conspiracy and distribution of steroids charges are punishable by up to five years
in federal prison plus up to a $250,000 fine.
If convicted, Parker and Jack each would have to serve at least 85 percent of any prison sentence
because there is no federal parole.
No trial dates have been set for either of the men.
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2 sentenced in Glynn steroids trafficking cases
An international probe nabbed a Pennsylvania man and a Floridian
By Teresa Stepzinski
The Times-Union
12/19/2007
BRUNSWICK - A federal judge imposed prison sentences Tuesday on two men who conspired in separate
cases to distribute anabolic steroids in Glynn County.
Brian C. Parker of Bethlehem, Pa., and David Paul Jack of Homosassa, Fla., were among four men charged
in U.S. District Court after an international investigation targeting steroid traffickers and clandestine
processing labs.
Parker, 24, and Jack, 32, were sentenced by Senior U.S. District Judge Anthony Alaimo in back-to-back
court hearings in which the government argued that because of their prior criminal records neither deserved
leniency.
Alaimo sentenced Jack to four years in prison, three years of supervised release and 150 hours of community service.
Jack asked for mercy and said he wanted to raise his 13-month-old daughter now in the care of his elderly parents.
"I pray for mercy. I know what I did was wrong ... and I realize I have to be punished but I'd like to be out
as soon as possible so I can raise my daughter," Jack testified.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Brian McEvoy told the judge that Jack is a career offender. Jack has prior convictions
for abusing the 4-year-old daughter of a girlfriend, possession with intent to distribute marijuana and battery
for kicking his 7 -month pregnant girlfriend after throwing her onto the floor during an argument, McEvoy said.
Jack, 32, pleaded guilty Sept. 21 to conspiring to possess and distribute anabolic steroids.
Jack shipped 1,050 grams of steroids May 24 to a Glynn-Brunswick Narcotics Enforcement Team officer posing as
a customer, FBI Special Agent Tony Alig previously testified.
Jack peddled the steroids over the Internet using the alias Worldwide, Alig testified.
Earlier, Alaimo sentenced Parker to two years in federal prison, three years of supervised release and 150 hours
of community service.
Parker's attorney, Jeffrey Berry, sought leniency: His client has learned the seriousness of his actions, he
said, during the several months he's spent in jail awaiting the resolution of his case.
"I don't think another 24 to 30 months [incarcerated] will act as any more of a deterrent to him," Berry told
Alaimo.
However, McEvoy argued that Parker hadn't learned anything after being shown leniency in a prior steroid
distribution case in New Jersey.
Parker pleaded guilty Sept. 18 to a federal charge of conspiracy to possess and distribute anabolic steroids.
He testified during the plea hearing to conspiring to distribute Chinese anabolic steroids and homemade male
sexual performance drugs in Glynn County from April 1 through May 18.
At that time, Parker was on probation for the New Jersey case, court records showed.
On May 2, an undercover agent in Brunswick received a package from Parker containing 100 vials of liquid
steroids and 1,000 homemade Viagra tablets, Alig had testified.
Investigators then seized almost 22 pounds of raw steroids and paraphernalia including commercial drug
presses, a digital scale, bottles and labels, Alig testified.
Parker, known by the Internet alias Livestronger, also had a prior arrest for endangering the welfare of a
child, Alig also had testified.
The government dismissed similar counts of distribution of anabolic steroids against Jack and Parker in
plea agreements in their cases.
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[Definitie:] "An ergogenic aid is any substance or phenomenon that enhances performance."
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