Shelton Man Pleads Guilty to Distributing Steroids

A Shelton man pleaded guilty Friday to one count of conspiracy to distribute anabolic steroids, according to Dierdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut.

According to court documents and statements made in court, a long-term investigation revealed that individuals, including a law enforcement officer, were receiving shipments of steroid ingredients from China and manufacturing and distributing wholesale quantities of steroids. The investigation also revealed that certain members of the conspiracy were distributing prescription pills, including oxycodone.

During the course of the investigation, law enforcement officers seized hundreds of vials of steroids, approximately 600 grams of raw testosterone powder, approximately 350 grams of powder cocaine, and four long guns.

In pleading guilty, Mark Bertanza, 34 admitted that he purchased anabolic steroids from another member of the conspiracy and distributed them to others.

Bertanza is scheduled to be sentenced by U.S. District Judge Robert N. Chatigny on January 8, 2016, at which time he faces a maximum term of imprisonment of 10 years.

Bertanza was arrested on April 29 and released on a $100,000 bond.

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