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Man faces charges in testosterone case

He's hospitalized for hypothermia

A 34-year-old man caught with suspected stolen testosterone was hospitalized Saturday after Butler police found him soaking wet and intoxicated, authorities said.

Robert K. Brophy, 34, of Butler was suffering from hypothermia when officers nabbed him in the city’s Island neighborhood shortly after 8 a.m., according a police report.

Brophy faces several charges including receiving stolen property, possession of a controlled substance and drug paraphernalia, and public drunkenness.

Authorities were notified after a caller reported seeing a man in the Connoquenessing Creek above the General Richard Butler Bridge.

City and Butler Township police searched the area and about 10 minutes later found Brophy on Negley Avenue near Upper Shore Street.

The suspect was dressed in camouflage and dripping wet, police said.

Officers conducted a pat down and turned up two vials of injectable testosterone, the report said. Additionally, Brophy had a pipe with suspected marijuana residue, a scale and knife.

The defendant soon after was taken to Butler Memorial Hospital where he was admitted for treatment of hypothermia, investigators said. His condition was not known this morning.

Officers later learned that the testosterone he was carrying had been reported stolen. The owner told police that she suspected Brophy, who is a neighbor.

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