Tuesday, January 24, 2006
A renowned bodybuilder pleaded guilty Monday in Hackensack to possessing a tranquilizing drug often used by athletes.
Victor Martinez, a 33-year-old New Yorker known among his fans as the "Dominican Dominator," was arrested in July 2004 in Fairview, where narcotics detectives say they saw him exchanging bags and an envelope with a customer at Angelo's Restaurant on Anderson Avenue.
Based on tests made on site, Martinez was charged with possessing and distributing gamma hydroxybutyrate, or GHB, also known as a "date-rape" drug. He also was charged with the possession and distribution of a similar drug, butanediol.
Both drugs are often used by athletes to counter the effects of steroids.
The charges against Martinez, which carried up to 10 years in prison upon conviction, were later downgraded after lab tests showed that he did not possess GHB, said Assistant Bergen County Prosecutor Thomas Kearney.
At a brief hearing in Superior Court in Hackensack, Martinez pleaded guilty to third-degree possession of butanediol and will receive a sentence on March 17 that carries no jail term or probation.
"I think it was a fair resolution, considering the state would have had a difficult time proving the charges," said defense lawyer Chris Kazlau.
drugs!!! cant be, there must have been a mistake
A renowned bodybuilder pleaded guilty Monday in Hackensack to possessing a tranquilizing drug often used by athletes.
Victor Martinez, a 33-year-old New Yorker known among his fans as the "Dominican Dominator," was arrested in July 2004 in Fairview, where narcotics detectives say they saw him exchanging bags and an envelope with a customer at Angelo's Restaurant on Anderson Avenue.
Based on tests made on site, Martinez was charged with possessing and distributing gamma hydroxybutyrate, or GHB, also known as a "date-rape" drug. He also was charged with the possession and distribution of a similar drug, butanediol.
Both drugs are often used by athletes to counter the effects of steroids.
The charges against Martinez, which carried up to 10 years in prison upon conviction, were later downgraded after lab tests showed that he did not possess GHB, said Assistant Bergen County Prosecutor Thomas Kearney.
At a brief hearing in Superior Court in Hackensack, Martinez pleaded guilty to third-degree possession of butanediol and will receive a sentence on March 17 that carries no jail term or probation.
"I think it was a fair resolution, considering the state would have had a difficult time proving the charges," said defense lawyer Chris Kazlau.
drugs!!! cant be, there must have been a mistake
