John F. Wood, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, has announced that a Columbia, Missouri, woman pleaded guilty in federal court for participating in a conspiracy to distribute anabolic steroids and to money-laundering.

April Dawn Wilson, 33, of Columbia, pleaded guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge William A. Knox to the conspiracy charge.

From Infozine.com:

April and Bryan Wilson admitted that they participated in a conspiracy to distribute anabolic steroids from as early as 2003 to Sept. 15, 2007. April Wilson also pleaded guilty to engaging in a monetary transaction that involved the proceeds of that unlawful activity. Bryan Wilson also pleaded guilty to participating in a conspiracy to engage in monetary transactions involving the proceeds of that unlawful activity, with the intent to promote that unlawful activity.

Bryan Wilson was arrested on Sept. 15, 2007, when he picked up a package from China containing approximately one kilogram of raw steroid powder at the Columbia, Mo., UPS Store. Law enforcement officers executed a search warrant of his residence in Kansas City and found numerous items consistent with the manufacture and/or conversion of anabolic steroids. Officers found two large pill presses as well as other laboratory equipment and what appeared to be finished product. They seized approximately $60,000 from Bryan Wilson’s residence and bank accounts controlled by April and Bryan Wilson.

The case was investigated by the Drug Enforcement Administration, U.S. Postal Inspection Service, IRS-Criminal Investigation, the Columbia, Mo., Police Department, the Missouri State Highway Patrol, and MUSTANG (the Mid-Missouri United Strike Team and Narcotics Group).