A Greenwood man has been arrested and charged with a felony after police found more than 70 vials of steroids in his vehicle during a routine traffic stop.
Bruce A. Hartrich, 111 Westridge Place, is charged with dealing in a schedule III controlled substance, a Level 2 felony. He had at least 28 grams of drugs classified as steroids, according to charging documents filed last month in Johnson County Circuit Court.
He is also charged with misdemeanor possession of marijuana.
If convicted, Hartrich faces up to 30 years in prison for the felony charge. He faces up to six months in jail for the misdemeanor charge. Fines could also be part of the sentence in both charges.
Hartrich was a private tennis instructor based in Greenwood, according to the Secretary of State’s online business directory and Hartrich’s LinkedIn profile, and was assistant men’s tennis coach at a southside university until 2015, according to university news releases and LinkedIn.
An officer with the Greenwood Police Department stopped Hartrich Oct. 23 for following a dump truck too closely. Hartrich also swerved in front of another vehicle, nearly hitting it, according to court documents.
The officer ran Hartrich’s information through a state database and discovered an arrest warrant for a misdemeanor charge of domestic battery.
Police searched Hartrich while arresting him and found keys and $1,900 in cash, which police say is often a sign of drug dealing. His car was searched and an officer smelled marijuana, court documents said.
Police also found two packages from the United States Postal Service and a safe in the trunk of the vehicle. One of the packages contained 109 small packages of gummies with cannabis oil, according to court documents.
Seventy-two vials of three different brands of anabolic–androgenic steroids were found in the safe. Hartrich had never been prescribed the steroids, court documents said.
The total weight of all the steroids was about 720 grams, according to court documents.
A jury trial in the dealing case is scheduled for February, according to online court records.
