Smith County Man Sentenced for Importing Anabolic Steroids

TYLER – A Smith County man is going to federal prison for drug trafficking. Stacey Godsey, 45, of Tyler, was sentenced Thursday to two years in prison. He pleaded guilty back in July to conspiracy to import anabolic steroids. According to federal prosecutors, from 2014 to 2016, Godsey and Joseph Shay Burton, 39, also of Tyler, purchased anabolic steroids through the internet from suppliers located in China. The men are said to have converted them from powder to liquid dosage units in the kitchen and garage of Godsey’s home. Once converted into liquid, the steroids were sold and distributed to steroid users in Tyler and elsewhere. When law enforcement officers searched residences belonging to the men in the spring of last year, more than 60,000 dosage units of anabolic steroids were found at Godsey’s residence. More than 6,000 dosage units were found at Burton’s residence. Burton pleaded guilty in July of this year and is awaiting sentencing.