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| Title: | US CA: Steroid Importer Calls It 'Dumbest' Move |
| Published On: | 1998-05-01 |
| Source: | San Francisco Examiner (CA) |
| Fetched On: | 2008-09-07 11:00:50 |
STEROID IMPORTER CALLS IT "DUMBEST' MOVE
Allegedly admitted injecting his wife
REDWOOD CITY -- A man who authorities say admitted injecting his wife with
steroids after she began training for bodybuilding competitions has been
sentenced to a 60-day jail term for importing the drug.
Robert Edward Corey Jr., 38, of Millbrae was sentenced this week by San
Mateo County Municipal Judge Carl Holm after pleading no contest to one
felony count of importing steroids. In exchange for the plea, prosecutors
dropped four other drug-related charges.
Corey, who has no previous criminal record, was arrested in January after a
random inspection by customs inspectors in November 1997 found a package
from England that contained 5,000 tablets and 291 vials of steroids,
according to a court report.
The package was addressed to a mail-order business for herbal and skin-care
products that Corey runs with his wife, Herlinda Corey, the report said.
Corey admitted to investigators that he had injected steroids into his wife
after she began training to compete in bodybuilding competitions in
California, according to the report.
"She was definitely a willing partner in the whole thing," said Deputy
District Attorney Paul Nichols.
But in an interview after the sentencing, Corey denied that he told
authorities that he had injected his wife with steroids.
"I was guilty of transporting steroids in the state of California," said
Corey, adding that his wife is no longer competing. "This kind of ended
everything for us. We don't want anything to do with it, bodybuilding, period."
In a letter to the judge, Corey wrote that his wife was the 1997 Palm
Springs Women's Overall Champion and the San Diego Women's Overall Champion,
and placed sixth in a statewide championship. "After everything that has
transpired, I wish that I had never seen a steroid. . . . This was by far
the dumbest thing that I have ever done in my life," he wrote. "I feel that
I am paying a steep price in order for my wife to win a stupid trophy."
©1998 San Francisco Examiner
Allegedly admitted injecting his wife
REDWOOD CITY -- A man who authorities say admitted injecting his wife with
steroids after she began training for bodybuilding competitions has been
sentenced to a 60-day jail term for importing the drug.
Robert Edward Corey Jr., 38, of Millbrae was sentenced this week by San
Mateo County Municipal Judge Carl Holm after pleading no contest to one
felony count of importing steroids. In exchange for the plea, prosecutors
dropped four other drug-related charges.
Corey, who has no previous criminal record, was arrested in January after a
random inspection by customs inspectors in November 1997 found a package
from England that contained 5,000 tablets and 291 vials of steroids,
according to a court report.
The package was addressed to a mail-order business for herbal and skin-care
products that Corey runs with his wife, Herlinda Corey, the report said.
Corey admitted to investigators that he had injected steroids into his wife
after she began training to compete in bodybuilding competitions in
California, according to the report.
"She was definitely a willing partner in the whole thing," said Deputy
District Attorney Paul Nichols.
But in an interview after the sentencing, Corey denied that he told
authorities that he had injected his wife with steroids.
"I was guilty of transporting steroids in the state of California," said
Corey, adding that his wife is no longer competing. "This kind of ended
everything for us. We don't want anything to do with it, bodybuilding, period."
In a letter to the judge, Corey wrote that his wife was the 1997 Palm
Springs Women's Overall Champion and the San Diego Women's Overall Champion,
and placed sixth in a statewide championship. "After everything that has
transpired, I wish that I had never seen a steroid. . . . This was by far
the dumbest thing that I have ever done in my life," he wrote. "I feel that
I am paying a steep price in order for my wife to win a stupid trophy."
©1998 San Francisco Examiner
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