A Riverton Police Department officer is accused of receiving illegal steroids by mail.
Logan Alley, who turns 25 this year, was charged Friday and could face up to five years in prison and $10,000 in fines if convicted of felony possession of liquid trenbolone.
He is no longer employed with RPD as of Tuesday, the agency’s chief told Cowboy State Daily.
The investigation started in May, when U.S. Postal Inspection Service Inspector Richard Fergon was reviewing mail business records and noticed a Riverton address had received several suspicious parcels associated with darknet vendors and other drug seizures, according to an evidentiary affidavit filed Friday in Riverton Circuit Court.
Law enforcement personnel started monitoring mail parcels headed to that location, addressed to Alley, says the affidavit. They also noted that Alley was an active Riverton Police Department officer.
Incoming
On June 16, Fergon and a Wyoming Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) special agent “became aware of a suspicious parcel” headed to Alley’s address, reportedly.
The USPS priority mail parcel had a return address in Las Vegas. Fergon drafted and obtained a federal search warrant for the package based on previous packages heading to that address being associated with various drug seizures, says the affidavit.
Four days later, special agents executed the search warrant and opened up the package. They found about 60 generic Cialis tablets in two separate packages, labelled as containing 25 milligrams of tadalafil, a prescription-only substance similar to testosterone, the document says.
The DCI agent gave the package to the DCI Cody field office’s temporary evidence storage facility.
Fergon and the agent met June 20 with RPD Capt. Wes Romero and Chief Eric Hurtado to brief them on the suspicious parcel situation. They said they wanted to speak with Alley.
The affidavit says the supervisors agreed to have Alley come in at 3 that afternoon instead of 5 to give more time for that discussion, and the RPD staff decided to put Alley on administrative leave pending the outcome of the DCI investigation.
That same day the investigators met with Alley at RPD as arranged, regarding the package and the pills.
Asked if he had a prescription for the pills, Alley countered, asking if this was a criminal investigation, says the document.
It was, answered the DCI agent, who also noted there was reportedly another incoming parcel headed to Alley’s address.
“Alley admitted to buying various steroids such as trenbolone from the website he believed was U.S.-based,” says the document.
Permission
The document says Alley gave agents permission to open that second parcel and admitted it would contain steroids like testosterone and trenbolone — two vials of each for personal use.
Fergon asked alley if he knew this was illegal, the document says.
“Maybe not the extent,” Alley reportedly answered, adding, “I’m not going to act stupid.”
Alley confirmed that he hadn’t sold or given away the drugs, reportedly.
He also said he didn’t use steroids while on duty, and they didn’t affect his performance at work, the affidavit says.
The document says Alley allowed the agents to log into his account on the website using his login and password, and they saw various shipments of steroids and testosterone.
Interception
On July 21, inspectors intercepted the second inbound parcel in Cheyenne. A DCI agent opened it, with Fergon present, and the agent found four vials containing “an unknown substance,” says the affidavit.
They bore these labels: “ROID PHARM super test 400 mg/mL” and “ROID PHARM Trenbolone Enanthate 250 mg/mL.”
Agents sent the vials to the Wyoming State Crime Lab.
Two months later, the crime lab confirmed to agents that the fluids tested positive for trenbolone enanthate, which is an illegal drug under Wyoming law.
Fremont County Attorney Patrick LeBrun charged Alley the next day, and Alley was served with the case Monday, his court file shows.
Alley did not immediately return a voicemail request for comment. His attorney Jeff Stanbury declined Tuesday to comment.
Alley’s initial appearance is set for Sept. 11 in Riverton Circuit Court.
Alley has served a couple of stints with RPD. He was sworn in in February of 2020 and again in May of this year.
RPD Chief Eric Hurtado said the department immediately placed Alley on leave when it learned of the allegations.
“We fully cooperated with the investigating agency so that a complete investigation can be conducted,” wrote Hurtado in a Tuesday text message to Cowboy State Daily.
“Although we can not comment on another agency’s criminal investigation nor our internal personnel investigation, we can confirm that Mr Alley is no longer employed by the Riverton Police Department.”
This story has been updated to include a post-publication comment by RPD Chief Eric Hurtado.
Clair McFarland can be reached at clair@cowboystatedaily.com.
