Second man arraigned in Trumbull steroids case

WARREN

A former employee of Global Health and Fitness on Elm Road in Warren was arraigned Tuesday morning in Trumbull County Common Pleas Court, accused of helping a 22-year-old Bazetta Township man sell anabolic steroids.

The identities of customers who bought the illegal drugs has not been released by prosecutors or investigators, and charges against them are not planned, investigators said.

Randy A. McCale, 46, of Neil Street in Niles, pleaded not guilty Tuesday to felony corruption for helping operate the enterprise and five counts of identity fraud for purportedly providing personal information about current and former Global Fitness customers to at least one other person in the enterprise.

Investigators said McCale provided a list of names, birth dates, social security numbers and other personal information to Joseph A. Stiver, 22, of Cadwallader Sonk Road in Bazetta Township.

Stiver used the information to create PayPal accounts in their names that were then used to pay for the illegal steroids, according to an affidavit unsealed in the case.

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