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>U.S. prosecutors seek names of firefighters, officers who used steroids from Jersey City doctor

>U.S. prosecutors seek names of firefighters, officers who used steroids from Jersey City doctor

Published: Sunday, May 08, 2011, 8:00 AM Updated: Sunday, May 08, 2011, 1:51 PM
By Mark Mueller/The Star-Ledger

Federal prosecutors have issued a subpoena seeking the names of hundreds of law enforcement officers and firefighters who obtained anabolic steroids through an unscrupulous Jersey City doctor, part of a wider criminal probe targeting physicians who improperly prescribe the drugs.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Newark served the subpoena on the New York State Bureau of Narcotic Enforcement, which collects data from pharmacies on every prescription they fill for steroids and other controlled dangerous substances, according to two law enforcement officials with knowledge of the investigation.

The drugs were shipped to the officers and firefighters in New Jersey from a pharmacy in Brooklyn.

The officials, who requested anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly about the case, said prosecutors do not intend to bring charges against the steroid users unless it’s determined they sold the substances.

Rather, one of the officials said, the aim is to find out if the officers and firefighters obtained the drugs from other doctors after the death of Joseph Colao, a Jersey City physician who prescribed steroids and human growth hormone when they weren’t medically necessary.

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