Monday, November 1, 2010
Last updated 11:31 a.m. PT
A former Immigration and Customs Enforcement special agent caught importing steroids into the country won't serve any prison time.
Federal Way resident Sean Patrick Ganley was still with ICE in April 2008 when customs inspectors found he was buying Chinese steroids, according to a Justice Department statement issued Monday.
In a plea agreement, an assistant U.S. attorney handling the case noted that Ganley began importing steroids in 2004 while he was employed as a Tacoma police officer. Ganley continued buying steroids after he went to work for ICE as a special agent, a position he resigned from earlier this year.
According to court documents, Ganley had the steroids -- chiefly human growth hormone -- sent to the Chehalis home of a friend. He also used a false name on money orders in an effort to avoid detection.
On Monday, Ganley was sentenced to a two-year term on probation. Federal prosecutors had agreed to request such a sentence.
Announcing the sentence, Michael Ormsby, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, noted that "federal law enforcement officers are held to the highest standards of integrity and honesty."
Ormsby went on to contend Ganley's sentence "will vindicate the federal interest" by insuring Ganley no longer works as a law officer.
In a letter to the court, Ganley, 38, expressed regret that his 15-year career in law enforcement was at an end.
Ganley told the court he began taking steroids while employed at the Tacoma Police Department after a King County deputy sheriff and Federal Way police officer were killed.
"Steroid use was very common within my own police department, as well as neighboring agencies, so I again mistakenly felt it was 'no big deal' to use them," Ganley said in a letter to the court. "I was obviously sorely mistaken."
Ganley had previously pleaded guilty to importing a controlled substance. He was jailed briefly after charges were filed, but has since been released.
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