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Trooper Joseph W. Czachorowski was charged with misdemeanor counts of possessing a controlled substance, drug paraphernalia, a small amount of marijuana, and instruments of crime, state police said.
A U.S. postal inspector and state police trooper conducted a warranted search of Czachorowski's mail and discovered 30 Oxymetholone pills and two vials of Trenbolone acetate, both steroids and Schedule III controlled substances, authorities said. A warranted search of his home also turned up additional controlled substances.
Czachorowski, who is assigned to Troop K in Philadelphia, has been suspended without pay pending the charges against him.
He enlisted in the PSP in November 2014 and is a member of the 141st cadet class.
Czachorowski was arraigned and released on $7,500 unsecured bail. A preliminary hearing has been set for Tuesday, May 17.
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