A personal trainer at a Glen Burnie fitness club imported thousands of doses of steroids from overseas and sold them throughout Anne Arundel County and on the Internet, federal authorities said.

Michael Schlanger, 47, an employee at Bally Total Fitness, was indicted Sept. 10 in federal court on conspiracy to distribute anabolic steroids. He pleaded not guilty Oct. 20. If convicted, he could face up to five years in prison and $250,000 in fines.

According to court records, customs officials broke the case this summer when they seized a shipment of steroids at John F. Kennedy Airport in New York bound for Severna Park. That led...