Three Lehigh Valley men, including a promoter who once headed the bodybuilding competition at SportsFest, are among six people facing steroid-related charges, according to the state attorney general's office.
The six arrests were the second phase of Operation Road Runner, which led to 10 arrests for alleged steroid sales in November 2009.
Craig Johnson, 39, of 3102 Lehigh St., Allentown, is a promoter for Lehigh Valley NPC and at one time was in charge of the bodybuilding competition at SportsFest, a four-day amateur athletics event held across Allentown. SportsFest's president, Ray Atiyeh, said a falling-out over unpaid bills led him to bring in another person to run the competition.
Johnson's attorney, Jason Jenkins of Allentown, said his client never sold steroids to make money. Jenkins said Johnson knew someone who asked for steroids and directed him to someone who sold them. That person turned out to be an informant, he said.
"His involvement was nothing," Jenkins said. "He was charged with criminal conspiracy, which can be anything as small as making a phone call. Johnson didn't have the intent to commit a crime. In many ways, he saw this as doing a favor for a friend."
Also charged are Edward Moyzan, 37, of 207 Turning Leaf Trail, Trexlertown, and Brian Potance, 26, of 606 Berks St., Palmer Township. According to his Facebook page, Potance is a Northampton County corrections officer. Moyzan was recently sentenced to six to 23 months in prison for selling steroids at a Gold's Gym in Bethlehem.
According to a state grand jury:
A confidential informant bought between $1,000 and $2,210 worth of steroids from Johnson on three occasions in August and September 2009. Johnson told the confidential informant the steroids were being supplied by Moyzan, who said he did not want to deal directly with the buyer.
All the sales happened at 725 N. 15th St. in Allentown, the site of Johnson's business, Top Physique Nutrition and Promotions. After the informant gave Johnson money, Moyzan would go to the business and get the money from Johnson.
In November 2009, an agent with the attorney general's office interviewed Moyzan, who admitted providing steroids to Johnson. Moyzan said he started getting steroids from Potance in the summer of 2009. He said between then and January of this year, he bought steroids 15 times from Potance.
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