Keith Gidelson, Anabolic Steroid Distribution, Pennsylvania 2012

A former Philadelphia police detective was sentenced to 4 years in prison for operating an anabolic steroid and human growth hormone distribution organization in Philadelphia and across the United States.

Keith Gidelson, 36, a former Philadelphia Police Detective, was sentenced on October 9, 2012 to 4 years in prison for operating anabolic steroid and human growth hormone distribution organization in Philadelphia and throughout the United States.

Gidelson's wife, Kirsten Gidelson, was sentenced to three years probation, with the first year on home confinement, and a $100 special assessment, for her participation in the conspiracy.

Gidelson acquired steroids from foreign suppliers and then sold these steroids to his co-conspirators who distributed the drugs to their own customers. He pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute anabolic steroids and 16 counts of possession with intent to distribute anabolic steroids.

In addition to the prison term, U.S. District Court Judge Paul S. Diamond ordered Gidelson to pay a $25,000 fine and ordered three years of supervised release.

Gidelson received monthly shipments of anabolic steroids and HGH from suppliers in Europe and China. One supplier shipped the steroids to California where defendant Robert Walters re-packaged them for shipment to Gidelson. Another supplier shipped orders of steroids to a mailbox that Gidelson had rented at a UPS store.

The case was investigated by the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Philadelphia Police Department, and the United States Postal Inspection Service. It was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney David L. Axelrod.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-edpa/pr/former-police-detective-and-his-wife-sentenced-drug-conspiracy