Affidavit: Former Newtown Cop Took $30k Safari, Cruises While Selling Steroids

(Editor’s note: We first published this story earlier in the week, but here it is again in case you missed it)

Written by Rich Scinto, Patch Editor

Former Newtown Police Sgt. Steven Santucci enjoyed many luxurious trips including a $30,000 African safari, and spent more than $25,000 on cruises during a time when he was allegedly an importer and top-level distributor of illegal anabolic steroids.

A multi-agency investigation into an alleged steroid and prescription pill distribution network yielded several arrests, including Santucci, a Newtown dispatcher and a judicial marshal.

Investigators obtained credit card statements that showed Santucci charged more than $310,000 to two cards from April 2011 to November 2014.

Some of the charges included:

• More than $30,000 on an African safari.
• More than $25,000 on Celebrity Cruises.
• More than $111,000 on lodging expenses, including $17,000 at Four Seasons resorts, $19,000 on Hyatt and Grand Hyatt and $7,000 at the Ritz Carlton.

He also spent about $28,000 on glassware and similar supplies suspected of being used to manufacture anabolic steroids, according to an affidavit.

Related:

• Affidavit: Newtown Cop Completed Illegal Drug Deals Inside Department Building
• Update: Newtown Police Sergeant, Dispatcher Arrested in Alleged Steroid Ring Bust

An anonymous letter and samples of liquid steroids from a concerned citizen prompted investigators to look deeper into Santucci’s activity, according to the affidavit.

Santucci received about $156,000 in deposits for his salary between May 2011 and November 2014. During the same time he deposited about $244,000 of cash into an account and made another $46,000 worth of deposits through an ATM, according to the affidavit. He also made smaller contributions to another account.

The 103-page affidavit is rife with details of alleged criminal activity garnered through intercepted messages through the WhatsApp messaging service, wiretapped phone calls, controlled drug purchases using confidential witnesses and other investigative methods.

Often the arrestees allegedly communicated with little or no code about illicit drugs.

One suspected customer placed an order with Alex Kenyhercz, who allegedly purchased drugs from Santucci. The alleged customer texted the following to Kenyhercz phone, according to the affidavit:

So thats:

Calicus

Noledex

Clomid

Test

Anavar

If u can get bio water need some of that to

Kenyhercz also bragged that he would charge certain customers more in an effort to rip them off while keeping the price fair for his friends, the affidavit states.

Investigators also allege that Kenyhercz would allow Santucci to use his license as identification when dealing with Western Union in order to make money transfers to China after investigators intercepted a telephone conversation between Kenyhercz and someone else.

From June 2011 to September 2013 Santucci made transfers of about $103,000 to China. Western Union payments to China were also made in the name of his wife.

The United States Customs and border Protection seized a package in 2012 and again in 2014 that were intended for Santucci after they were found to contain anabolic steroids, according to the affidavit.

Investigators also found that several international shipments from countries including China, Canada, Poland and Ukraine were shipped to Santucci’s address.