Anabolic Steroid Manufacturing Ring Busted

Investigation Leads to Three Arrests and Underground Steroid Lab SACRAMENTO, Calif. A ten-month undercover investigation into an illegal anabolic steroid manufacturing ring by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has resulted in three arrests and the service of three state search warrants in Sacramento and El Dorado Counties. Agents seized a large anabolic steroid lab in Elverta, CA, over 500 vials and 1,850 capsules of anabolic steroid pills, and arrested Jason Glavin, 37, of El Dorado Hills, CA, Erin ONeil, 40, and his wife Amy ONeil, 32, both of Fair Oaks, CA. In January 2009, the West El Dorado Narcotics Enforcement Team (WENET) began this investigation, and one month later requested assistance from the DEA Sacramento Office. In February 2009, a WENET undercover officer met with and purchased two vials of anabolic steroids from Jason Glavin at a parking lot in El Dorado Hills, CA. During this meeting the undercover officer learned that Glavin had obtained his supply of anabolic steroids for more than a decade from an individual who allegedly worked in the medical field. The investigation later revealed that Erin ONeil was Glavins supplier for anabolic steroids. Between February and September 2009, the undercover officer purchased anabolic steroids from Glavin on multiple occasions at a grocery store parking lot in Citrus Heights, CA. Before and after some of the undercover purchases, Glavin drove to the residence of his alleged steroid suppliers, Erin and Amy ONeil, located at 4306 Castleglen Way, Fair Oaks, CA. According to the search warrant affidavit, Glavins steroid supplier received raw product and clandestinely manufactured and labeled the anabolic steroids for distribution. During the course of the investigation agents learned that purchases in the name of Amy ONeil were made through Pay Pal from a manufacturer of blank laser and inkjet labels, and from a company that sold encapsulating machines and various sized capsules, which can be used to encapsulate anabolic steroids. This case culminated in the late afternoon on October 14, 2009, when Glavin was placed under arrest after he delivered 100 vials of anabolic steroids to the undercover officer in a parking lot at San Juan Avenue and Sunset Avenue in Citrus Heights, CA. Following Glavins arrest, law enforcement served three state search warrants at the following locations: * 3015 Borgata Way, El Dorado Hills, California (Glavins residence) * 4306 Castleglen Way, Fair Oaks, California (residence of Erin and Amy ONeil) * 3635 Elorduy Lane, Elverta, California (clandestine steroid lab location) As a result of the search warrants, agents seized a large clandestine anabolic steroid lab in a residence at 3635 Elorduy Lane, Elverta, CA. This residence was associated with Erin and Amy ONeil. The lab was located in an unsanitary utility room and contained what appeared to be raw steroid powder and large containers of liquid steroids, a vast array of packaging materials, vials, capsules and pre-printed steroid vial labels. Overall, this investigation resulted in the seizure of approximately 500 vials and 1,850 capsules of anabolic steroids with an estimated street value of $118,000. Erin ONeil, Amy ONeil, and Jason Glavin were booked into custody at the El Dorado County Jail for violations of the California Health and Safety Code Sections 11377, 11378, and 11379. This case is the product of an investigation by the DEA Sacramento District Office and West El Dorado Narcotics Enforcement Team (WENET) with assistance from the California Highway Patrol.