See? I told you The Wrestler was realistic.  The guy who played a steroid dealer in the movie was arrested yesterday in a steroid bust that “ended in a violent chase.” Just like my dates.

Federal prosecutors in Manhattan accused Scott Siegel of leading Drug Enforcement Administration agents and local police on a car chase worthy of an action flick.

Was it like the new Bond?  Maybe the cops’ vision kept cutting to a shaky closeup of the guy’s shoe.

Prosecutors said investigators had seized 1,500 bottles labeled as anabolic steroids and tens of thousands of dollars in cash during searches of Siegal’s home and that of his parents.
Authorities had Siegel under surveillance as part of a steroid-trafficking investigation. On Wednesday night, officers staking out his parent’s town house in a gated development in Westchester County spotted him getting out of his car carrying a brown box, court papers said.
Siegel spotted the officers unmarked vehicle, walked over and commented on their car before driving away, the papers said. When he returned a short time later, several police vehicles converged on his car. In the ensuing pursuit, he smashed through a fence and rammed three police cars and two DEA cars, “apparently intentionally,” the court papers said.
When cornered, Siegel again smashed into police cars and aimed his car at one of the officers who was on foot “in an apparent attempt to run him over,” the paper said. He eventually tried to flee on foot before officers finally grabbed him, the papers added. [AP]

It’s strange, steroid users are usually characterized by their level-headedness.  I’ve got video of Siegel being led away in cuffs after the jump, and in case you were wondering whether he’s wearing an Ed Hardy shirt… of course he’s wearing an Ed Hardy shirt.  Take that, Affliction.

[picture and video source = Worstpreviews]