Scottsboro Police Officer admits to using anabolic steroids

Posted: Nov 21, 2011 7:02 PM EST
By Stephen McLamb

SCOTTSBORO, AL (WAFF) -
A Scottsboro Police officer has admitted to illegally using anabolic steroids. The announcement was made Monday morning during a divorce hearing.


The officer not only admits using, but said in court that is why he was suspended just less than two weeks ago. The bigger picture also shows that the Scottsboro Police Department was made aware of the officer's use when he was hired four years ago.


Scottsboro Police Officer Chris McIllwain admitted to obtaining and illegally using steroids most recently from June until the most recent time as November 6th, two days before he was called in for questioning by supervisors at the police department.


Also in court Monday, he was questioned as a police officer what he would do if he caught someone else in possession of illegal steroids. "We arrest them," he said.


But in a stunning revelation, officer McIllwain admitted he told Scottsboro Police he had used steroids in his pre-employment application.


WAFF 48 asked Chief Ralph Dawe to comment. Here's how the conversation went.


Want to talk to us chief?


"Ah, no thank you not today, said Chief Dawe.


"You knew, you guys knew he was using steroids when you hired him."


"I can't talk about this today," replied Dawe.


"And it happened again."


We have the names of all five officers named by officer McIllwain who used steroids. We've elected to withhold those names until we can make an attempt to contact them.