A former state trooper admitted in court Friday to possessing anabolic steroids, marking the second time in as two weeks that an ex-patrolman confessed to that charge.
Devan Henderson, 34, pleaded guilty in Natrona County District Court to a single count of possession of a controlled substance.
Henderson faced the possibility of up to five years behind bars before reaching a deal with prosecutors. Under the terms of the plea agreement, he could receive at most five years of probation for possessing more than three-10ths of a gram of the steroid cypiogen in 2004.
Henderson, who was represented by attorney Craig Silva, entered his plea Friday morning before Judge David Park. Henderson remains free on $2,500 bond.
Adam Longo, another former state trooper who like Henderson was based in Casper, pleaded guilty to the same charge last week. The 28-year-old also faces up to five years of probation.
Agents with the Wyoming Division of Criminal Investigation began investigating Henderson while engaged in a probe of Franklin Ryle Jr., a former state trooper accused of kidnapping a Wal-Mart truck driver.
Ex-trooper admits he had steroids