BigRed busted??

[patrick]

i just heard this. 22yr old kid who is supposed to be busted for dealing anabolics.
he is from BB.com

 

[bigmike230]

yep. We had the whole article and pics posted on my "home" board. The labeled him the "main dealer" in his area . . .

If anyone thinks LE isnt serious about cracking down on us, they are SORELY mistaken. This is not the environment to be casual bro's and bra's . . .

 

[bigmike230]

Heres the whole story - least as much as I can find.

**broken link removed**

 

[Big Fucker]

Damn, Big Red was a cool bro...

 

[edouble]

its a shame and a hard thing to deal with for anyone that goes down. the learning lesson here is to stay safe and stop messing with rec shit.

 

[bigmike230]

its a shame and a hard thing to deal with for anyone that goes down. the learning lesson here is to stay safe and stop messing with rec shit.

Thats gospel E-dub, sheer gosple. Im not tryin to tell anyone what to do, but with the governement holding its magnifying glass over our small community its just VERY prudent to avoid taking any unneeded risks.

 

[MikeS]

its a shame and a hard thing to deal with for anyone that goes down. the learning lesson here is to stay safe and stop messing with rec shit.

Thats been the lesson from day one-years ago. And too many folks are not listening-and often it takes down a whole crew of bros!

Rec drugs suck!

 

[xcelbeyond]

Got This E-Mail From EliteFitness

I'm sure several of you got this but I'll post it here:

Last week, on Tuesday June 29th, wearing his BodyBuilding.com T-Shirt, Jason Cholewa, a 22 year old student at the University of Rhode Island was arraigned on four counts of felony drug charges in District Court, South Kingstown Rhode Island. The police officers in Narragansett Rhode Island, armed with a search warrant, seized 4,000 pills, dozens of vials, and $29,000. Cholewa is being held without bail and has been charged with three counts of possession with the intent to distribute and one count of possession of a controlled substance. Anabolic steroids and Vicodin have already been identified and other substances have been sent to labs for identification testing.

Of particular interest to our members is the fact that Jason was a popular moderator for the Bodybuilding.com Discussion Boards. Jason posted as Big Red and Big Red HH and was a frequent contributor to the TeenBodyBuilding.com and Bodybuilding.com web sites. Bodybuilding.com has banned him from their boards and apparently, they have deleted all of the posts about his arrest.

Detective Lt. Gerald Driscoll said Jason was a "mid-level dealer." Driscoll added, "We suspect that the source of these drugs is somewhere out of state." Additionally, it was learned that Jason was arrested five years ago for disorderly conduct in Connecticut.

The estimated value of the drugs was only $4,000. Which given the kamikaze cycles that some bodybuilders are taking these days could be considered an amount for personal use. They also found Vicodin. Dealers take note, if you're going to deal roids, don't deal other stuff. It seems that it's the recreational drugs that causes law enforcement to get a lot more serious a lot faster. And of course if someone you deal steroids to starts hounding you to sell meth, ecstasy, or coke, you can be pretty sure they're setting you up.

To convict Jason of dealing, the prosecutor will have to prove that he had intent to distribute. And here's where Bodybuilding.com comes in. At this point, it's safe to assume that Big Red HH's entire Personal Message history has been subpoenaed along with all of his threads on Bodybuilding.com's Discussion Forums. And if not subpoenaed already, it probably will be soon. Hopefully, Bodybuilding.com will hire a lawyer and turn over only Big Red's PM's and Posts -- not the entire forums database and everyone's PM's along with it.

For Jason to get off, he'll probably try to prove that the steroids that were found were for personal use. And as attorney Rick Collins points out in his book Legal Muscle, law enforcement much of the time has no idea how different steroids are from recreational drugs in terms of what would constitute an amount appropriate for personal use. In other words, 100 D-Bol is a lot different than 100 ecstasy. The other way Jason could make his situation better would be to rat out someone or several someones. He could try to plea bargain his sentence down in exchange for names. If he were to go this route, the implications for the members of BodyBuilding.com's Forums could be quite serious. In fact, Detective Lt. Gerald Driscoll said that "This is an ongoing investigation."

To convict Jason of dealing, the prosecutor will have to prove that he had intent to distribute. And here's where Bodybuilding.com comes in. At this point, it's safe to assume that Big Red HH's entire Personal Message history has been subpoenaed along with all of his threads on Bodybuilding.com's Discussion Forums. And if not subpoenaed already, it probably will be soon. Hopefully, Bodybuilding.com will hire a lawyer and turn over only Big Red's PM's and Posts -- not the entire forums database and everyone's PM's along with it. I'm not suggesting that the Administration of BodyBuilding.com knew that one of their Mods was a dealer, but this is exactly why EliteFitness.com never allows sources - known or suspected - to moderate our forums.

For Jason to get off, he'll probably try to prove that the steroids that were found were for personal use. And as attorney Rick Collins points out in his book Legal Muscle, law enforcement much of the time has no idea how different steroids are from recreational drugs in terms of what would constitute an amount appropriate for personal use. In other words, 100 D-Bol is a lot different than 100 ecstasy. The other way Jason could make his situation better would be to rat out someone or several someones. He could try to plea bargain his sentence down in exchange for names. If he were to go this route, the implications for the members of BodyBuilding.com's Forums could be quite serious. In fact, Detective Lt. Gerald Driscoll said that "This is an ongoing investigation."


This is why you don't post stuff about AAS on PM!

xcel

 

[trunksy]

hiding the truth

I tried to post on bodybuilding.com to find out more about the story but the thread got deleted by a moderator. I guess the moderators are trying to hide the fact that one of their moderators got busted. It doesn't help that he was wearing a bodybuilding.com t-shirt in the arraignment picture either.

I looked up his member profile on bodybuilding.com too. Of course, his account has since been banned but he had posted several times daily right up until his arrest. I hope he figures out a way to get enough money to have Rick Collins help him out on his case.

 

[grizzly]

If a board is being hosted offshore from the US, but the owner of it is IN the US, can Authorities subpoena any information and the owner has to give it up or face charges for not?

 

[C_Horse]

lessons

on top of avoiding rec drugs, there are a couple other important lessons

1. Don't store cash and contraband together
2. Don't go back into biz after a bust

If he can still afford good legal representation, and that's his first drug charge, that guy isn't in too bad of shape. Best of luck to him. - CH

 

[rAJJIN]

Details

Yea I got the same email.

I also know a Moderator from there, who is also here
in the shadows.. Ill see what I can find out.

ANyone know how it went down??
Controlled deleivery? Raid his home?
bump for more info.....

 

[NPC PITTSBURGH]

Rick will be helping red...fact


I believe Red either sold to an under cover..or sold to someone who got into trouble and rolled on red....


it wasnt from a controlled delivery ...altho that is were all his rec shit came from.....

I believe he is going to roll on alot of ppl....sad to say that about a friend but i truly believe it.

As of right now the fed have not contacted anyone at bodybuilding.com

 

[bigmike230]

I believe he is going to roll on alot of ppl....sad to say that about a friend but i truly believe it.

This may not be the popular view point but can we actually expect the guy NOT to? "Honor among theives" - is that it? I mean, if you were sitting there facing what EVER LE was threatening him with, and your mom is crying cause her boy might go to jail and your dad is crushed cause he wanted so much more for you and your chick is like "I aint dating no convict *snap*" is it really such a stretch to consider rolling on some people you only know through the keyboard?

I'm not saying its the "right" thing, I'm just saying I can see why he would do it.

 

[saint808]

he knew the risks though at age 22 i know i was fully aware of what the world had in store. he's an adult now.

 

[Gone1]

Re: lessons

on top of avoiding rec drugs, there are a couple other important lessons

1. Don't store cash and contraband together
2. Don't go back into biz after a bust

If he can still afford good legal representation, and that's his first drug charge, that guy isn't in too bad of shape. Best of luck to him. - CH

I agree with C horse.
Also, if you are in this game... you will always be a "higher" priority if you deal with recreational drugs.

He wont get time for this shit. I think he did something local like sold to an undercover ect..
JJ Insane1

 

[Doggtales]

Let's just hope he keeps his mouth shut!

 

[basskiller]

**broken link removed**

 

[NPC PITTSBURGH]

http://scindependent.com/articles/2...unty/astory.txt

...The investigation took several weeks to unfold as officers in Narragansett received a tip from Newport Police that Cholewa might be a dealer of the illegal growth hormone substances. After surveillance determined that Cholewa was a suspect, police purchased steroids from Cholewa at his home...



...According to police, the investigation is ongoing and they are following leads into other sources of the drug. Police said that Cholewa might have been involved with an Internet site on which he sold the drugs and they are continuing to investigate that aspect of the case...