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Informant who accused Metroplex police of steroid use turns up dead

I normally try not to indulge too readily in conspiracy theories, but a pair of killings this year of informants who ratted out steroid using cops, taken together, are beginning to give me the creeps, not to mention make me wonder when Congress will investigate steroid use in law enforcement as aggressively as they did in baseball.Most recently, an informant in Plano who threatened to out police officers in five Metroplex departments was found shot to death in his home this morning, making him the second steroid dealer/informant killed this year before he could testify against law enforcement. Reported Jason Trahan at the Dallas News ("Convicted steroid dealer David Jacobs found dead in Plano home," June 5) Convicted steroids dealer David Jacobs, who recently agreed to tell the NFL which football players received banned substances he manufactured, was found dead in his Plano home this morning...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on June 05, 2008 (boomark / email).