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Uploaded: Thursday, June 7, 2012, 9:54 PM
Updated: Friday, June 8, 2012, 9:21 AM
Palo Alto man arrested in $250,000 narcotics bust
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by Sue Dremann
Palo Alto Weekly Staff
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 | A 46-year-old Palo Alto man was arrested Thursday morning after police seized tens of thousands of doses of prescription medications, the Menlo Park Police Department announced.
Perry Mosdromos, a personal trainer, was arrested at 10 a.m. at his home by the Menlo Park Police Department's Narcotics Enforcement Team, Homeland Security agents and FBI agents, who are part of the Safe Streets Task Force.
Two search warrants were obtained after Homeland Security agents intercepted a package containing 499 grams of anabolic steroids and 4,374 Xanax pills that were to be delivered to a UPS box in Menlo Park. The investigation revealed that the box belonged to Mosdromos.
Agents searched Mosdromos's place of business at One-2-One Fitness in Menlo Park and his Palo Alto residence on Loma Verde Avenue. He was home when the search warrant was executed, police said.
Menlo Park police previously stated that his business was called Peak Performance, but that business is not involved in the search or crimes.
A search of his residence revealed tens of thousands of prescription drugs in various forms. The drugs included Vicodin, Percocet, lorazepam, diazepam, Valium, along with thousands of anabolic steroids and several illegal narcotics such as MDMA. The estimated street value of the seizure is more than $250,000, police said.
Mosdromos was ordering the controlled drugs from other countries, re-packaging them, selling them, and shipping them to people all over the United States, according to police.
He was booked into the San Mateo County Jail for multiple counts of sales of narcotics and prescription drugs. There is no additional information at this time as the investigation is continuing, police said.Are you receiving Express, our free daily e-mail edition? See a sample and sign-up for Express.
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Posted by jock, a resident of Menlo Park, on Jun 8, 2012 at 12:05 am [Post removed by Palo Alto Online staff.]
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Posted by Facts, a resident of another community, on Jun 8, 2012 at 3:29 am Diazepam and Valium..... Great reporting....
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Posted by paallday , a resident of the Midtown neighborhood, on Jun 8, 2012 at 7:40 am Peak performance is a chiropractic office and a great office at that. the person arrested only rents space there, So he does NOT work for Peak Performance.
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Posted by Peter Carpenter, a resident of Atherton, on Jun 8, 2012 at 7:48 am
Peter Carpenter is a member (registered user) of Palo Alto Online I have been a highly satisfied chiropractic client of Peak Performance for decades. It is unfortunate and inappropriate that the police report used their name rather than the address of the suspect's place of business.
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Posted by moi, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood, on Jun 8, 2012 at 7:50 am >>> Facts --
The diazepam was for the 99%.
The Valium was for the 1%.
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Posted by Peter Carpenter, a resident of Atherton, on Jun 8, 2012 at 8:51 am
Peter Carpenter is a member (registered user) of Palo Alto Online In its report on this drug bust the Weekly identifies the suspect's place of business as Peak Performance. The Weekly is the only news source which used this incorrect identification rather than the suspect's business name One-2-One Fitness and business address 325 Sharon Park Drive.
Bill Tarr's Peak Performance is a highly reputable organization and Bill has been a long time and strong supporter of the community in many ways.
The Weekly's use of Peak Performance's name in this article is totally inappropriate and very damaging to Bill and his business. The Weekly owes him a very public apology.
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Posted by jock, a resident of Menlo Park, on Jun 8, 2012 at 9:18 am [Post removed by Palo Alto Online staff.]
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Posted by Enough!, a resident of the Charleston Gardens neighborhood, on Jun 8, 2012 at 12:12 pm [Post removed by Palo Alto Online staff.]
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Posted by Sharon, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood, on Jun 8, 2012 at 12:27 pm I feel compelled to add my endorsement to Bill Tarr and Peak Performance Chiropractic. I am a long time client and Bill is the best Chiropractor I have ever been to. I was sorry to see his name and place of business inaccurately tied in this incident.
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Posted by svatoid, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood, on Jun 8, 2012 at 12:55 pm But it's okay, Peter for you and the weekly to accuse the school supe and board of criminal activity?
So, Sharon, Bill knows who you really are?
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Posted by Albert, a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood, on Jun 8, 2012 at 12:57 pm [Post removed by Palo Alto Online staff.]
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Posted by anon, a resident of the Barron Park neighborhood, on Jun 8, 2012 at 1:06 pm [Post removed by Palo Alto Online staff.]
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Posted by Peter Carpenter, a resident of Atherton, on Jun 8, 2012 at 1:14 pm
Peter Carpenter is a member (registered user) of Palo Alto Online Congratulations to the Publisher for updating this story and deleting the inappropriate reference to Peak Performance.
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Posted by Elizabeth, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood, on Jun 8, 2012 at 1:14 pm [Post removed by Palo Alto Online staff.]
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Posted by jock, a resident of Menlo Park, on Jun 8, 2012 at 1:33 pm The Menlo Park police issued a press release this afternoon saying that when they raided the offices of Peak Performance, they only raided the space used by the perp. The perp is an "independent contractor" to Peak Performance, not an "employee" of Peak Performance.
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Posted by Peter, peter, peter, a resident of Atherton, on Jun 8, 2012 at 1:50 pm All the negative comments about Peak Performance were removed, but the positive ones remain. Hmmm.....
Peter should put on his cheerleader outfit and go in front of the Weekly offices with his pompoms!!!!!
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Posted by Peter Carpenter, a resident of Atherton, on Jun 8, 2012 at 2:12 pm
Peter Carpenter is a member (registered user) of Palo Alto Online Just consider it a victory for civility and truth - Peak Performance was clearly inappropriately identified in the original police report and the original story. The positive comments on Bill Tarr and Peak Performance represented fair balance.
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Posted by svatoid, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood, on Jun 8, 2012 at 2:22 pm "The positive comments on Bill Tarr and Peak Performance represented fair balance."
or maybe Peak Performance is an advertiser with the weekly
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Posted by Peter Carpenter, a resident of Atherton, on Jun 8, 2012 at 2:24 pm
Peter Carpenter is a member (registered user) of Palo Alto Online "or maybe Peak Performance is an advertiser with the weekly"
Or maybe the moon is made of green cheese.
What not supply facts rather than speculation? Or does that require too much work?
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Posted by svatoid, a resident of the Charleston Gardens neighborhood, on Jun 8, 2012 at 2:36 pm
svatoid is a member (registered user) of Palo Alto Online "Or maybe the moon is made of green cheese.
What not supply facts rather than speculation? Or does that require too much work?"
My, my, seems that I have upset Peter again.
Facts?? similar to the "facts" you are supplying when you are accusing the school supe and board of breaking the law?
This may come as a shock to Peter but people speculate on things all the time. I do not know the entire list of weekly advertisers and I did find it intriguing that all the negative comments were deleted.
[Portion removed by Palo Alto Online staff.]
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Posted by Peter Carpenter, a resident of Atherton, on Jun 8, 2012 at 2:53 pm
Peter Carpenter is a member (registered user) of Palo Alto Online [Post removed by Palo Alto Online staff.]
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Posted by svatoid, a resident of the Charleston Gardens neighborhood, on Jun 8, 2012 at 4:02 pm
svatoid is a member (registered user) of Palo Alto Online [Post removed by Palo Alto Online staff.]
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Posted by Hmmm, a resident of East Palo Alto, on Jun 8, 2012 at 7:59 pm
Hmmm is a member (registered user) of Palo Alto Online [Post removed by Palo Alto Online staff.]
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Posted by the_punnisher, a resident of Mountain View, on Jun 8, 2012 at 8:26 pm
the_punnisher is a member (registered user) of Palo Alto Online Just remember, LIBEL and SLANDER are actionable items when your journalists don't tell the whole truth about the facts in a news item.
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Posted by Sue Dremann, Palo Alto Weekly staff writer, on Jun 10, 2012 at 10:30 pm
Sue Dremann is a member (registered user) of Palo Alto Online The story's original reference to Peak Performance came from the Menlo Park Police Department, the arresting agency. We posted the story after receiving an alert from the department. The reference was removed after we learned that the police gave out the wrong information, and a correction was made.
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Posted by Community Center Neighbor, a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood, on Jul 1, 2012 at 7:53 pm
Community Center Neighbor is a member (registered user) of Palo Alto Online It's unfortunate that the chiropractor was falsely represented as the owner of the facility. However, he rented his back space to him so in essence is was a bit involved. All together, it's a sad situation. They'll all get what they deserve.
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