SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 30 (UPI) -- Federal agents have raided an Illinois lab where the steroid that ignited the California BALCO scandal is believed to have originated.
Search warrants were served on the Champaign, Ill., offices and home of chemist Patrick Arnold, who authorities believe produced the steroid known as "the clear" in the BALCO case, the San Francisco Chronicle said.
During the September 2003 raids on BALCO, owner Victor Conte and Vice President James Valente both identified Arnold as the source of the once-undetectable steroid called "the clear," according to government interviews.
Conte, Valente, track coach Remi Korchemny and Greg Anderson, personal trainer for Barry Bonds, recently pleaded guilty to steroid distribution charges and are awaiting sentencing next month
Despite the plea agreements, a San Francisco federal grand jury has continued to hear testimony stemming from the BALCO probe, according to two sources familiar with Arnold and the case.
