A Lincoln man has pleaded no contest to a conspiracy charge in a suspected steroid and growth hormone ring.

Levi Lewis entered the plea to conspiracy with intent to deliver a controlled substance in Lancaster County District Court on Tuesday.

Lewis, 24, faces up to five years in prison and a $10,000 fine when he is sentenced Nov. 17.

Lewis is one of four men charged in connection with the ring. Kenneth Thompson, 23, also of Lincoln, pleaded not guilty in September. A third Lincoln man, Chad Case, 30, and Vladimir Ribartchouk, 37, of New York, also face charges of conspiracy to distribute, deliver and dispense the drugs in the Lincoln area.

Ribartchouk was arrested in late July in New York after being accused of mailing the drugs to Lincoln.

Investigators have said that “college-level athletes” may have received the steroids, but have declined to say whether any University of Nebraska players received the drugs. Former football player Sandro DeAngelis shared a dorm with Lewis in 2001 and 2002.

In August it was learned that two current Nebraska football players and 11 former players were among 132 potential witnesses named by prosecutors in the case, according to court documents.