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Criminal Press Releases – 2008
This is a list of press releases announcing results of EPA criminal cases adjudicated in U.S. courts. This is a sortable table and can be viewed by date or alphabetically under all other headings.
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| Month/Day | Defendant | State | Violation | Related Media | Case Status | Press Release |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12/30 | Hae Wan Yang |
WA | • Knowingly failing to maintain an accurate Garbage Record Book | Water | Sentencing | Press Release W.D. WA (PDF) (2 pp, 30K) |
| 12/30 | Atlantic Wire Company, LLC | CT | • Illegally discharging pollutants | Water | Guilty Plea | Press Release D. CT (PDF) (4 pp, 36K) |
| 12/23 | Exxon Mobil Pipeline Company | MA | • Illegal spill of approximately 15,000 gallons of diesel oil into the Mystic River from Exxon Mobil’s oil terminal in Everett, Massachusetts | Water | Guilty Plea | Press Release D. MA (PDF) (3 pp, 47K) |
| 12/18 | Novozymes Biologicals, Inc. (Novozymes) | VA | • One count felony illegally discharging pollutants without a permit | Water | Guilty Plea Sentencing |
Press Release W.D. VA (PDF) (2 pp, 34K) |
| 12/10 | Matthew E. Burghoff | MO | • Bank fraud • Illegal asbestos removal |
Air | Sentencing | Press Release E.D. MO (PDF) (1 pg, 33K) |
| 12/16 | Robert Wayne Webb | ID | • Two counts knowingly storing hazardous waste without a permit | Waste | Sentencing | Press Release D. ID (PDF) (1 pg, 36K) |
| 12/02 | Johnson Matthey Inc. (JMI) | UT | • Knowingly render inaccurate or cause to be rendered inaccurate a reporting method required to be maintained under the Clean Water Act | Water | Sentencing | Press Release EPA |
| 11/26 | General Maritime Management (Portugal) LDA | TX | • Making false statements to the U.S. Coast Guard • Failing to maintain an accurate Oil Record Book |
Water | Conviction | Press Release S.D. TX (PDF) (2 pp, 34K) |
| 11/24 | James Raulerson | MO | • Illegal discharge of pollutants | Water | Sentencing | Press Release E.D. MO (PDF) (1 pg, 25K) |
| 11/20 | Albania Deleon Formerly listed on EPA’s Fugitive list |
MA | • One count conspiracy to make false statements • To encourage illegal aliens to reside in the United States and to hire illegal aliens • Five counts of making false statements within the jurisdiction of the Environmental Protection Agency • Sixteen counts of procuring false payroll tax returns, and five counts of mail fraud |
Air | Conviction | Press Release D. MA (PDF) (2 pp, 34K) |
| 11/19 | Greenleaf, L.L.C. | MO | • Illegal distribution and/or sale of a large number of the pesticides and rodenticide products after removing or defacing the labeling on the package | Pesticides | Press Release W.D. MO (PDF) (2 pp, 79K) | |
| 11/18 | Moshe Rubashkin | NY | • Illegally storing hazardous waste | Waste | Sentencing | Press Release EPA |
| 11/06 | Dile Kent McNair | TX | • Storage of hazardous wastes without a Permit • Bribery |
Waste | Sentencing | Press Release E.D. TX (PDF) (2 pp, 29K) |
| 11/03 | Igor Krajacic | NJ | • Illegal dumping of oily waste in international waters • False statements |
Water | Guilty Plea | Press Release D. NJ (PDF) (3 pp, 114K) |
| 11/03 | Hershey Creamery Company | PA | • Failure to develop and implement a Risk Management Program (RMP) concerning the storage and use of a regulated substance twice certifying to EPA that it had developed such a plan | Air | Guilty Plea Sentencing |
Press Release EPA |
| 10/24 | Allens, Inc. Formerly known as Allen Canning Company |
LA | • Negligent discharge of pollutants | Water | Sentencing | Press Release W.D. LA (PDF) (3 pp, 53K) |
| 10/21 | Comprehensive Environmental Solutions, Inc. (CESI) | MI | • Conspiracy • False statements • Obstruction • Illegal discharges of millions of gallons of untreated liquid wastes from the facility |
Water | Conviction | Press Release E.D. MI (PDF) (4 pp, 49K) |
| 10/15 | Southern Union Company | RI | • One count illegal storage | Waste | Conviction | Press Release D. RI (PDF) (2 pp, 30K) |
| 10/09 | Lenar Equipment, Inc. | OR | • Knowingly imported ten tractors from China that were in violation of the Clean Air Act’s Transition Program for Equipment Manufactures (TPEM) | Air | Guilty Plea Sentencing |
Press Release D. OR (PDF) (1 pg, 26K) |
| 10/03 | STX Pan Ocean Co. Ltd. | WA | • Knowingly fails to maintain an accurate Garbage Record Book | Water | Guilty Plea Sentencing |
Press Release W.D. WA (PDF) (2 pp, 30K) |
| 10/03 | Keith David Rosenblum Eco Finishing Co. |
MN | • One count felony conspiracy to defraud the U.S. • Violations of limits on the company’s discharge of metals and cyanide in its industrial wastewater • Discharging untreated or inadequately treated hazardous wastewater |
Water | Sentencing | Press Release D. MN (PDF) (2 pp, 94K) |
| 10/01 | Matthew E. Burghoff | MO | • Bank fraud • Illegal asbestos removal |
Air | Guilty Plea | Press Release E.D. MO (PDF) (2 pp, 35K) |
| 09/17 | CITGO | LA | • Negligent discharge of pollutants | Water | Guilty Plea Sentencing |
Press Release W.D. LA (PDF) (2 pp, 57K) |
| 09/12 | Charles Victoria | PA | • Conspired to remove the asbestos • Misrepresentations to government officials in connection with the investigation of the clean up |
Air | Sentencing | Press Release W.D. PA (PDF) (1 pg, 23K) |
| 09/08 | Abner J. Schultz | ID | • Unlawful dredge and fill | Water | Sentencing | Press Release D. ID (PDF) (2 pp, 38K) |
| 09/04 | Comprehensive Environmental Solutions, Inc. (CESI) | MI | • Making false statements • illegal discharges of untreated liquid wastes |
Water | Guilty Plea Sentencing |
Press Release E.D. MI (PDF) (3 pp, 49K) |
| 09/03 | Johnson Matthey Inc. Paul Greaves John McKelvie |
UT | • One felony making false statements in relation to requirements for reporting pollutants | Water | Guilty Plea Sentencing |
Press Release D. UT (PDF) (2 pp, 40K) |
| 08/29 | John "Chuck" Mazoch | TX | • Felony offense conspiring with others to store, transport, and dispose of hazardous wastes without a permit | Waste | Sentencing | Press Release E.D. TX (PDF) (2 pp, 25K) |
| 08/28 | Wassim Mohammad Azizi |
CA | • Illegally demolishing a building that contained significant amounts of asbestos | Air | Sentencing | Press Release N.D. CA (PDF) (2 pp, 79K) |
| 08/25 | City of Lake Ozark | MO | • Illegally discharging sewage into the Lake of the Ozarks | Water | Guilty Plea Sentencing |
Press Release W.D. MO (PDF) (2 pp, 80K) |
| 08/25 | Ecosolve, LLC Ralph Rogers Thomas Forebush |
NC | • Illegal discharge | Water | Sentencing | Press Release W.D. NC (PDF) (2 pp, 22K) |
| 08/21 | Donnie Halcomb | KY | • Misdemeanor illegal use of pesticide | Pesticide | Sentencing | Press Release W.D. KY (PDF) (1 pg, 40K) |
| 08/21 | Randal J. Ecker | MT | • Illegal removal of asbestos containing material | Air | Sentencing | Press Release D. MT (PDF) (3 pp, 43K) |
| 08/18 | Parkway Village Equity Corp. | NY | • Illegal removal of asbestos | Air | Guilty Plea | Press Release E.D. NY (PDF) (3 pp, 40K) |
| 08/13 | Kevin Wayne Hester | TX | • Disposing of hazardous waste without a permit | Waste | Guilty Plea | Press Release E.D. TX (PDF) (1 pg, 21K) |
| 08/13 | Kinder Morgan Bulk Terminals Incorporated (KMBT) | OR | • Knowingly transport or cause to be transported, without a permit, certain materials from the United States for the purpose of dumping the materials into ocean waters | Water | Sentencing | Press Release D. OR (PDF) (2 pp, 39K) |
| 08/07 | Jason Becks | MO | • Illegal disposal of hazardous waste | Waste | Sentencing | Press Release E.D. MO (PDF) (1 pg, 32K) |
| 08/08 | Lyle Hester | TX | • Disposing of hazardous waste without a permit | Waste | Guilty Plea | Press Release E.D. TX (PDF) (1 pg, 20K) |
| 07/31 | James Raulerson | MO | • Discharge of pollutants | Water | Guilty Plea | Press Release E.D. MO (PDF) (1 pg, 32K) |
| 07/31 | Richard Sturgeon | MO | • Failing to report the discharge of raw sewage | Water | Guilty Plea | Press Release EPA Press Release W.D. MO (PDF) (2 pp, 85K) |
| 07/17 | David Jacobs | IL | • One count improperly storing and disposing of hazardous wastes • One count of embezzling |
Waste | Sentencing | Press Release N.D. IL (PDF) (2 pp, 80K) |
| 07/09 | Lawrence Aviation Industries, Inc. Gerald Cohen |
NY | • Illegally storing more than 12 tons of hazardous waste | Waste | Guilty Plea | Press Release E.D. NY(PDF) (3 pp, 39K) |
| 06/30 | Ronald Jagielo | NY | • Disposing of hazardous wastes | Waste | Sentencing | Press Release W.D. NY (PDF) (1 pg, 41K) |
| 06/24 | Fairport Shipping, LTD. | AK | • Failing to maintain an accurate oil record book | Water | Guilty Plea Sentencing |
Press Release D. AK (PDF) (2 pp, 63K) |
| 06/18 | Gerald Lakota | TX | • Willfully concealing and covering up a material fact in reports | Water | Guilty Plea | Press Release N.D. TX (PDF) (2 pp, 36K) |
| 06/16 | Reederei Karl Schlueter GmbH & Co. KG (RKS) Nikola Ilijic |
PA | • Falsified the Oil Record Book | Water | Guilty Plea Sentencing |
Press Release E.D. PA (PDF) (3 pp, 112K) |
| 06/13 | Nicholas Miritello | NY | • One felony count making false entries in DEP records relating to monitoring of drinking water | Water | Sentencing | Press Release S.D. NY (PDF) (2 pp, 54K) |
| 06/05 | Spencer Environmental Incorporated (SEI) Donald M. Spencer |
OR | • Three felony violations of hazardous waste laws | Waste | Sentencing | Press Release D. OR (PDF) (2 pp, 33K) |
| 06/04 | David Ortiz | CO | • Dumping industrial waste water containing propylene glycol into the Colorado River | Water | Sentencing | Press Release D. CO (PDF) (1 pg, 28K) |
| 05/29 | Abner J. Schultz | ID | • Unlawful dredge and fill | Water | Guilty Plea | Press Release D. ID (PDF) (1 pg, 30K) |
| 05/20 | Dile Kent McNair | TX | • One felony storage of hazardous waste without a permit | Waste | Guilty Plea | Press Release E.D. TX (PDF) (2 pp, 26K) |
| 05/14 | Wassim Mohammad Azizi |
CA | • Illegally demolishing a building that contained significant amounts of asbestos | Air | Conviction | Press Release N.D. CA (PDF) (2 pp, 69K) |
| 05/08 | Richard Reece | IN | • Three felony unlawful transportation, storage, and disposal of hazardous waste | Waste | Guilty Plea | Press Release S.D. IN (PDF) (2 pp, 44K) |
| 05/01 | Michael Lee Babbitt | MI | • Illegal storage and disposal of hazardous waste | Waste | Sentencing | Press Release W.D. MI (PDF) (1 pg, 13K) |
| 04/29 | Eric Johnson | MO | • Permit violations including lack of inspections and failure to evaluate, maintain and implement runoff controls | Water | Sentencing | Press Release E.D. MO (PDF) (2 pp, 27K) |
| 04/29 | National Navigation Company | OR | • Illegal dumping of waste oil • Making false statements |
Water | Sentencing | Press Release EPA |
| 04/03 | M & N Foods | LA | • Failure to file reports | Water | Guilty Plea | Press Release E.D. LA (PDF) (1 pg, 30K) |
| 03/31 | John Charles “Chuck” Mazoch | TX | • A felony conspiring with others to store, transport, and dispose of hazardous wastes without a permit | Waste | Guilty Plea | Press Release E.D. TX (PDF) (1 pg, 23K) |
| 03/25 | Canal Barge Company, Inc. Paul D. Barnes Jeffrey A. Scarborough Randolph Martin |
KY | • Failure to report a hazardous condition to the United States Coast Guard as required by law | Water | Conviction | Press Release W.D. KY (PDF) (3 pp, 51K) |
| 03/25 | Archer Daniels Midland Company | TN | • Illegally discharging contaminated process water | Water | Guilty Plea | Press Release E.D. TN (PDF) (2 pp, 60K) |
| 03/20 | Wally K. El–Beck | AR | • Thirty–seven counts of mail fraud • One count of wire fraud |
Waste | Sentencing | Press Release E.D. AR (PDF) (2 pp, 53K) |
| 03/18 | James Driggers | FL | • Discharging diesel fuel from a fuel tank into a storm drain | Water | Sentencing | Press Release M.D. FL (PDF) (2 pp, 76K) |
| 03/03 | Mark Allen Wright | IA | • One count of using a false document | Water | Sentencing | Press Release S.D. IA (PDF) (1 pg, 20K) |
| 03/07 | Dakota Pork Industries, Inc. (DPI) | SD | • Tampering with a monitoring device | Water | Guilty Plea | Press Release D. SD (PDF) (2 pp, 24K) |
| 02/28 | Patrick Brown | MD | • Deliberate discharge of oil contaminated bilge waste through a “magic pipe” | Water | Guilty Plea | Press Release D. MD (PDF) (1 pg, 31K) |
| 02/26 | David L. Bowling | KY | • Illegal discharge of pollutant | Water | Sentencing | Press Release E.D. KY (PDF) (1 pg, 19K) |
| 02/26 | Deryl Parker | GA | • Transporting hazardous waste material without proper documentation | Waste | Sentencing | Press Release N.D. GA (PDF) (2 pp, 72K) |
| 02/26 | Cleve Allen George | U.S. Virgin Islands | • Fifteen counts involving the illegal removal of asbestos containing material • Making materially false statements |
Air | Sentencing | Press Release D. VI (PDF) (2 pp, 34K) |
| 02/07 | Dennie Eugene Pridemore | MS | • Illegally storing and disposing hazardous waste | Waste | Sentencing | Press Release S.D. MS (PDF) (1 pg, 37K) |
| 01/10 | Robert Langill | MD | • Illegal asbestos abatement | Air | Sentencing | Press Release D. MD (PDF) (1 pg, 33K) |
| 01/10 | Mark Humphries | MD | • Conspiracy to make illegal discharges of oily waste • Lying to the Coast Guard |
Water | Sentencing | Press Release D. MD (PDF) (2 pp, 43K) |
| 01/14 | Branko Lazic | PA | • Illegal removal of asbestos pipe insulation | Air | Sentencing | Press Release EPA |