Bob Buczkowki’s second career ended much like his first — in a bust. Authorities on Thursday charged the former University of Pittsburgh defensive tackle and first-round NFL draft pick with leading a $1 million prostitution and drug ring in Monroeville. Buczkowski, 41, of Monroeville, who made ESPN’s “Biggest First-Round Busts” list of the worst-performing NFL first-round picks, helped run an escort service along with his girlfriend, Amy Schifano, 29, of Plum, authorities said. Buczkowski was the “muscle” behind the operation, and Schifano was the “madam,” state Attorney General Tom Corbett said, announcing an 18-month grand jury investigation that resulted in charges against 10 people. “This case is about sex, drugs and money, plain and simple,” Corbett said at a news conference outside Monroeville police headquarters. “These defendants created a criminal enterprise designed to profit from sexual exploitation and drug addiction.” Schifano and Buczkowski placed advertisements in the adult classified section of the City Paper to solicit customers throughout Allegheny County. Employment ads in the same paper were used to recruit prostitutes to their escort service, Buckwild Entertainment, which did business as B.A.G. Enterprises Inc., according to an indictment returned in March by a statewide grand jury and unsealed yesterday. Customers responding to the ads were directed to one of several cell phone numbers used by Schifano and her associates, who scheduled appointments, Corbett said. The escort service received between 100 and 300 phone calls a day from February 2003 to June 2005, generating about $1 million in that span. Schifano and Buczkowski used cell phones to arrange drug sales, and undercover agents bought cocaine from the pair 11 times. Schifano and Buczkowski resold cocaine they bought from John Wendel Bogovich, 33, of Chalfant, according to the attorney general. With help from a confidential informant, the Attorney General’s Bureau of Narcotics Investigation, local police and the grand jury began investigating the operation in January 2004. Schifano recruited prostitutes and had between four and eight women working for her at any given time, Corbett said. She kept track of the names and physical descriptions of the women, their client preferences, their locations throughout the county and what they charged for their services, Corbett said. Customers frequently were instructed to meet the women at hotels or one of two Pittsburgh apartments maintained by Schifano — in the South Side and on Mt. Washington, Corbett said. Sometimes, the prostitutes were driven to the customers, and Buczkowski often tagged along to provide protection, Corbett said. Customers were charged between $150 to $200 for each appointment, and Schifano’s cut was between $50 and $80, Corbett said. They preferred to be paid in cash, but sometimes Schifano or Buczkowski would be asked to process a credit card payment, Corbett said. When Schifano and Buczkowski weren’t available, Buczkowski’s parents, Robert and Diane, fielded calls at the family’s Bowling Green Drive home and processed the payments over the phone, according to the indictment. Diane Buczkowski had signature authority on a B.A.G. Enterprises account at Citizens Bank and “paid bills associated with the business with checks drawn from this account,” the indictment states. Buczkowski’s parents have not been charged. Buczkowski was considered one of the best prep linemen in the country his senior year at Gateway High School, and a former Pitt football coach said Buczkowski had “natural athletic ability” and would be a “good choice in the (NFL) draft.” He was selected by the Los Angeles Raiders as the 24th pick in the first round of the 1986 NFL Draft. He went on to play for the Phoenix Cardinals in 1989 and the Cleveland Browns in 1990 before he was traded to the Seattle Seahawks in 1991. Plagued by back problems, Buczkowski was cut by Seattle in August 1991 after five years in the NFL. Buczkowski and Schifano each were charged with possession and delivery of a controlled substance, promoting prostitution, criminal conspiracy and participating in a corrupt organization. Leonard Robert Rini, 29, of Plum, who is accused of being the driver for the escort service, was charged with participating in a corrupt organization, promoting prostitution, possession and delivery of a controlled substance, criminal use of a communication facility and criminal conspiracy. In addition to Bogovich, others accused of involvement in the drug and prostitution ring are: Suzanne Juhascik, 24, of Shaler; Heather Page, 28, of Shadyside; Melanie McKinley, 33, of North Braddock; Michelle Roney, 38, of North Versailles; Laura M. Dick, 32, of Turtle Creek; and Debra Prosser, 49, also of Turtle Creek. Only Rini remained at large yesterday, Corbett said. The others were arraigned before Magisterial District Judge Susan F. Evashavik, who set $25,000 straight cash bond for each of the defendants. They are scheduled to appear for preliminary hearings at 9 a.m. Tuesday.

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