Last Defendant Sentenced In Lebanon Steroid Ring

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Updated: 11/08/2012 9:33 am
LEBANON, Ohio (AP) - The last defendant in a large southwest Ohio steroid-trafficking ring has been sentenced.

The Dayton Daily News reports that Drew Smith was sentenced Wednesday in Lebanon to 60 days in jail. The former body-building champion who was crowned Mr. Ohio in 2009 was the last of the 29 defendants to be sentenced since the sting operation ended a year ago.

Prosecutor Andy Sievers said 13 people involved in the case will serve a total of 41 years in prison. Others spent some time in the county jail and a few were given probation or intervention in lieu of conviction.

The investigation started with a tip that people were selling steroids to high school athletes out of a YMCA in Lebanon.

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Cincinnatus - 11/8/2012 10:15 AM
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Steroids can have long term health consequences, but it is difficult for teen athletes to resist the allure of short term benefits. Therefore, steroid sales to teens should be in the same category as other dangerous drugs like heroin.

Jetaguy45230 - 11/8/2012 9:47 AM
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Only 60 Days? what a joke! As usual, the justice systems fails again! Selling drugs to children and he get's a slap on the wrist? I can't ever figure out how the dumba$$es are that work in the justice system that let these criminals off so easy all the time. Wonder if they would have the same response if it involved their own children and one of them were killed due to this loser's actions. Pathetic! Don't these people live in the real world or what?
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