The Calhoun Police Department on Tuesday seized vials, pills and other paraphernalia believed to be used in distributing anabolic steroids at several Northwest Georgia high schools.
Investigators took the items from a car in the Calhoun High School parking lot, according to a news release from the department.
“The investigation has indicated students from several Northwest Georgia Schools may be involved in the use of these drugs,” said Sgt. Javier Marquez, commander of the department’s special operations division.
A juvenile student, whom police did not identify, was taken into custody and subsequently released to his parents, authorities said. The student had not been charged or arrested, according to officers who also did not identify the student’s age or whether he is an athlete at the school.
Hal Lamb, the school’s athletics director, said he couldn’t elaborate on the incident. “I do know it didn’t have anything to do with the athletic department,” he said.
He said more details might emerge in a few days.
A police spokeswoman said detectives are working a lead at least one other high school and a “bigger story” could come later.
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Andy began working at the Times Free Press in July 2008 as a general assignment reporter before focusing on Northwest Georgia and Georgia politics in May of 2009. Before coming to the Times Free Press, Andy worked for the Anniston Star, the Rome News Tribune and the Campus Carrier at Berry College, where he graduated with a communications degree in 2006. He is pursuing a master’s degree in business administration at the University of Tennessee ...
Lindsey Young is a sports writer at the Chattanooga Times Free Press who started work at the Chattanooga News-Free Press 24 years ago. He covers the Northwest Georgia prep beat and NASCAR. Lindsey’s hometown is Ringgold, Ga., and he graduated from Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe High School. He received an associate’s degree from Dalton Junior College (now Dalton State) and a bachelor’s degree in communications from UTC. He has won several writing awards, including two Tennessee Sports ...
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