Tulsa World: Probe nets steroids tied to Tulsa fitness center

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Probe nets steroids tied to Tulsa fitness center

By DAVID SCHULTE World Staff Writer
Published: 4/20/2008 2:10 AM
Last Modified: 4/25/2008 3:02 PM

Approximately 250 vials of illegal steroids and human growth hormone linked to a south Tulsa fitness center and its owner have been seized in an ongoing drug investigation.

Since December 2007, state and local undercover officers have investigated widespread steroid use and distribution at a fitness center formerly known as Physical Edge, 6339 E. 71st St., according to court records filed late last week.

The fitness center recently changed ownership and is now known as Hi Octane.

Its owner, Chris Goodman of Broken Arrow, has been named by undercover officers as a major steroid, human growth hormone and performance enhancement drug distributor in the Tulsa area, according to court records.

Before purchasing the fitness center, Goodman was a member of Physical Edge.

He is also co-owner of Supplement Shak stores in Oklahoma City and south Tulsa. The Tulsa store was searched in connection to the steroid distribution investigation, court records indicate.

Efforts to contact Goodman at the fitness center and the Tulsa store were unsuccessful Saturday.

Undercover officers have discovered evidence of steroid use at the fitness center and distribution by either Goodman or other members at the fitness center, according to court records.

That evidence includes syringes, bank statements, computer software, cell phone records and financial records belonging to either Goodman or the fitness center.

A confidential informant has told undercover officers that Goodman was "actively distributing steroids" and that "individuals associated with Physical Edge often use and/or distribute steroids," according to court records.

Another man allegedly connected to steroid use and distribution with ties to Goodman and Physical Edge is Keith Koppenhaver, also of Broken Arrow, according to court records.

He has worked as a personal trainer at Physical Edge and is a close friend of Goodman, undercover officers said in court records.

Undercover officers seized several types of steroids, human growth hormone, insulin and other dangerous, controlled substances from Koppenhaver's home or property, according to court records.

He has admitted to undercover officers that he sold steroids and never pays taxes from those sales or the money that he receives as a personal trainer, according to court records.

He has identified Goodman and a professional bodybuilder in the Oklahoma City area as his steroid suppliers, according to court records.

Efforts to contact Koppenhaver also were unsuccessful Saturday.

Goodman and Koppenhaver are the most recent people identified in an ongoing investigation of steroid distribution in the Tulsa area.

Steroids and human growth hormone have also been seized from the home of professional bodybuilder Guy Ducasse of Tulsa, according to court records.

On Friday, Mark Woodward, a spokesman for the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control office in Oklahoma City, said no arrests have been made because the investigation is ongoing.

Multiple arrests could be made within a week, he said.

David Schulte 581-8367
david.schulte@tulsaworld.com

By DAVID SCHULTE World Staff Writer

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