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A former Pike County police officer has been sentenced to prison for running a drug trafficking ring
By: David Forster
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — A former law enforcement officer in Pike County was sentenced Tuesday to 10 years in prison for leading a drug trafficking ring dealing steroids and cocaine.
He had previously worked as an officer with the Pike County Sheriff’s Office and the Piketon, Waverly and Wellston police departments.
As part of his operation, Anglemyer imported raw materials from China to manufacture the steroids. He then produced the powder and liquid steroid mixtures at various co-conspirators’ residences in Pike County. He shipped the steroids to customers across the country by mail.
Anglemyer also obtained kilogram quantities of cocaine from California for local distribution in Waverly.
When Anglemyer’s California cocaine suppliers were arrested by federal authorities, he and a co-conspirator flew to Colombia to seek another supplier and attempted to mail cocaine from Colombia to Waverly.
His trafficking ring was responsible for mailing more than 2,500 parcels of anabolic steroids and distributing 11 kilograms of cocaine.
Anglemyer and three co-defendants were indicted by a federal grand jury in May 2024. He pleaded guilty in April to conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute cocaine and anabolic steroids.