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By BEVIN MILAVSKY
The Express-Times
BETHLEHEM | A Lower Saucon Township man faces charges he sold steroids to an undercover state police trooper at the Gold's Gym on West Union Boulevard.
Edward Moyzan, 35, of the 3700 block of Old Philadelphia Pike, is charged with two counts of possession and four counts of possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance. He was arraigned Friday before District Judge Wayne Maura and released on $50,000 unsecured bail.
Trooper Gregory Emery, with Pennsylvania State Police at Bethlehem, joined Gold's Gym in September 2006 to investigate complaints of illegal steroid distribution among the gym's members, including Moyzan.
Emery befriended Moyzan, who advised Emery he would want to take "d-bol," a term for methandrostenolone, for five weeks followed by five weeks of Anavar to increase muscle mass, according to court documents.
Emery allegedly purchased 200 methandrostenolone pills from Moyzan on Nov. 16, 2006, for $300.
Moyzan arranged the sale in the parking lot and left the pills in a gym locker, court documents say.
On Jan. 11, 2007, police allege Moyzan sold Emery 100 Anavar pills for $325.
He told Emery he used to sell steroids full time but has since gotten a good job and mainly sells to friends, court documents say.
Police issued a warrant for Moyzan on Feb. 26. State police officials in Bethlehem and Harrisburg did not return phone messages Monday to explain the gap between when the warrant was issued and when Moyzan was arrested.
Josh Weaver, general manager of the Gold's Gym in Bethlehem, had not heard about the charges against Moyzan, who he said is still a member of the gym.
"He's obviously one of the bigger guys who go here, so you wouldn't miss him," Weaver said Monday.
Carol DeIuliis, senior vice president of sales and operations for Gold's Gym, said the gym will let criminal justice proceedings play out before taking action on Moyzan's membership.
"If he is convicted, of course, and found that he was actually selling inside of our gym or in our parking lots, we will definitely cancel his membership immediately," DeIuliis said.
DeIuliis said she was unaware of other incidents or allegations involving members and steroids. Gold's Gym discourages "unnatural types of products or synthesized products" and instead encourages education about proper diet, nutrition and exercise, she said.
"I just want to make it real clear that Gold's Gym's stand is on healthy lifestyle," DeIuliis said.
Nick Theodorou, owner of Nutritional Technologies, a sports supplement business in Palmer Township, said both steroids Moyzan is charged with selling are used to quickly build bulky muscles.
But he said the side effects are less appealing: hair loss, prostate problems, kidney and liver trouble and a possible surge of estrogen.
Methandrostenolone, which goes by the name "dianabol" as well as "d-bol," was one of the first steroids introduced in the United States, he said.
But people who abuse steroids have generally moved on to newer, more powerful drugs, he said.
Anavar is one of the newer drugs that purport to have fewer side effects, he said. But when steroids are abused, rather than prescribed by a physician for a medical reason, they can be detrimental to one's overall health.
"It really can be harmful to a number of organs," he said.
Efforts to reach Moyzan on Monday were unsuccessful. He does not have a listed phone number.
Eddie Moyzan pictured below:
The Express-Times
BETHLEHEM | A Lower Saucon Township man faces charges he sold steroids to an undercover state police trooper at the Gold's Gym on West Union Boulevard.
Edward Moyzan, 35, of the 3700 block of Old Philadelphia Pike, is charged with two counts of possession and four counts of possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance. He was arraigned Friday before District Judge Wayne Maura and released on $50,000 unsecured bail.
Trooper Gregory Emery, with Pennsylvania State Police at Bethlehem, joined Gold's Gym in September 2006 to investigate complaints of illegal steroid distribution among the gym's members, including Moyzan.
Emery befriended Moyzan, who advised Emery he would want to take "d-bol," a term for methandrostenolone, for five weeks followed by five weeks of Anavar to increase muscle mass, according to court documents.
Emery allegedly purchased 200 methandrostenolone pills from Moyzan on Nov. 16, 2006, for $300.
Moyzan arranged the sale in the parking lot and left the pills in a gym locker, court documents say.
On Jan. 11, 2007, police allege Moyzan sold Emery 100 Anavar pills for $325.
He told Emery he used to sell steroids full time but has since gotten a good job and mainly sells to friends, court documents say.
Police issued a warrant for Moyzan on Feb. 26. State police officials in Bethlehem and Harrisburg did not return phone messages Monday to explain the gap between when the warrant was issued and when Moyzan was arrested.
Josh Weaver, general manager of the Gold's Gym in Bethlehem, had not heard about the charges against Moyzan, who he said is still a member of the gym.
"He's obviously one of the bigger guys who go here, so you wouldn't miss him," Weaver said Monday.
Carol DeIuliis, senior vice president of sales and operations for Gold's Gym, said the gym will let criminal justice proceedings play out before taking action on Moyzan's membership.
"If he is convicted, of course, and found that he was actually selling inside of our gym or in our parking lots, we will definitely cancel his membership immediately," DeIuliis said.
DeIuliis said she was unaware of other incidents or allegations involving members and steroids. Gold's Gym discourages "unnatural types of products or synthesized products" and instead encourages education about proper diet, nutrition and exercise, she said.
"I just want to make it real clear that Gold's Gym's stand is on healthy lifestyle," DeIuliis said.
Nick Theodorou, owner of Nutritional Technologies, a sports supplement business in Palmer Township, said both steroids Moyzan is charged with selling are used to quickly build bulky muscles.
But he said the side effects are less appealing: hair loss, prostate problems, kidney and liver trouble and a possible surge of estrogen.
Methandrostenolone, which goes by the name "dianabol" as well as "d-bol," was one of the first steroids introduced in the United States, he said.
But people who abuse steroids have generally moved on to newer, more powerful drugs, he said.
Anavar is one of the newer drugs that purport to have fewer side effects, he said. But when steroids are abused, rather than prescribed by a physician for a medical reason, they can be detrimental to one's overall health.
"It really can be harmful to a number of organs," he said.
Efforts to reach Moyzan on Monday were unsuccessful. He does not have a listed phone number.
Eddie Moyzan pictured below:
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