Marine Indicted in Steroid Sales

A Marine sergeant and his wife were indicted Wednesday in San Diego County on federal charges of running a steroid distribution center out of their home at the El Toro Marine Corps Air Station in Orange County.

In a four-count grand jury indictment, Gunnery Sgt. Matthew J. Sigloch, 37, and his wife, Rene M. Sigloch, age unavailable, were accused of conspiring to distribute and sell anabolic steroids with an estimated street value as high as $400,000.

The indictment charges that the couple sold their wares from a “menu” of available steroids, offered samples, and even gave special rates for bulk sales.

In a statement released Wednesday by San Diego U. S. Atty. William Braniff, prosecutors said Sigloch distributed the illegal body building chemicals from his office at the air station and used an office telephone to negotiate thousands of dollars worth of sales. The couple allegedly stored the steroids at their home on Hannibal Street inside the base.

Smuggled From Mexico

Sigloch is assigned to Marine Aircraft Group 46, which performs aircraft maintainance. Rene Sigloch is also employed on the military base, prosecutors said.

Marine Major Jim McLain, an air station spokesman, said Wednesday evening that the base had not heard about the indictment or the alleged crime.

According to the indictment, the gunnery sergeant solicited steroid sales of as much as $100,000--having an estimated street value of $400,000. The indictment also charges the couple with arranging for the steroids to be smuggled into the United States from across the Mexican border.