[StBernard] Chalmette man arrested after receiving steroids in mail

[Westley Annis]

Chalmette man arrested after receiving steroids in mail
Published: Wednesday, September 29, 2010, 6:10 PM     Updated: Wednesday,
September 29, 2010, 6:10 PM
 The Times-Picayune 
 
A Chalmette man was arrested this week after receiving 500 anabolic steroid
pills and four vials of testosterone ordered from Greece over the Internet,
the St. Bernard Parish Sheriff's Office said. 

Lance Coopersmith, 22, 3522 Kings Drive, was arrested at his home Monday
after a joint investigation by the St. Bernard Parish Sheriff's Office,
federal authorities and a State Police drug task force, the Sheriff's Office
said in a news release.

U.S. Customs Service officials intercepted the package recently and alerted
local and state authorities. Coopersmith accepted the package, which was
delivered by an undercover U.S. postal inspector, authorities said.

When agents of the sheriff's Special Investigations Division, commanded by
Col. Chad Clark, arrived at Coopersmith's residence and served a search
warrant they found the package of steroid pills and testosterone had been
opened and was on the kitchen counter, St. Bernard Sheriff Jack Stephens
said.

The 500 pills and four vials of testosterone have a street value of $5,400,
authorities said.

Coopersmith admitted ordering the drugs from Greece via the Internet. He was
booked with possession with intent to distribute the steroids and
testosterone, Stephens said. He was released from St. Bernard Parish Prison
after posting $15,000 bond.

An investigation is continuing into the intended users of the steroids,
Stephens said.




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