Enforcement
Criminal Press Releases - 2013
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05/17 | Connie M. Knight | LA | • Three felony criminal charges and one misdemeanor criminal charge for creating false identification documents and impersonating a federal official | Title 18 - Fraud | Sentencing | DOJ Press Release |
| 05/17 | Henry Papuga | MA | • Six Counts of Tampering with Environmental Monitoring Device or Method • Two Counts of Making False Statements |
Water | Sentencing | Commonwealth of Massachusetts Press Release |
| 05/15 | Hancock County Land, LLC | LA | • Knowingly ditched, drained and filled wetlands at multiple locations on the Hancock County property without having obtained a permit | Water | Guilty Plea Sentencing |
DOJ Press Release |
| 05/09 | Franklin A. (“Al”) Bieri | IL | • Violating the Clean Air Act | Air | Sentencing | S.D. IL Press Release |
| 05/09 | Matthew Lawrence Bowman | TX | • Violating the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSH Act) • Making a false statement |
Waste | Guilty Plea | E.D. TX Press Release |
| 04/29 | Theresa Neubauer | IL | • Eleven counts of making false statements | Water | Conviction | N.D. IL Press Release |
| 04/22 | Edward K. Durst | VA | • One count of knowingly disposing of and causing the disposal of, regulated asbestos-containing materials | Air | Guilty Plea | W.D. VA Press Release |
| 04/18 | Newell (a.k.a., “Nick”) Smith Armida Di Santi Milto Di Santi |
TN | • One criminal felony count for conspiring to violate the Clean Air Act’s “work practice standards” salient to the proper wetting, stripping, bagging, and disposal of asbestos | Air | Guilty Plea | DOJ Press Release |
| 04/17 | Alexander Morrissette Randall Scott Wimpey |
GA | • Two counts of knowingly releasing ozone-depleting substances into the environment | Air | Sentencing | M.D. GA Press Release |
| 04/16 | Carr William Brown | LA | • Illegal discharges of pollutants into state waters | Water | Guilty Plea Sentencing |
LDEQ Press Release |
| 04/10 | Harvey Bryant Pridgen | NC | • Unauthorized fill of wetlands | Water | Sentencing | E.D. NC Press Release |
| 04/08 | DPL Enterprises Inc. (dba Air Care Indoor Quality Specialists) Richard Papaleo Michael Stanovich |
NV | • One felony count of making a materially false statement • Two misdemeanor counts of misbranding of a pesticide |
Pesticides | Sentencing | D. NV Press Release |
| 03/29 | Jeffrey David Gunselman | TX | • Four counts of making false statements in violation of the Clean Air Act • Fifty one counts of wire fraud • Twenty four counts of money laundering |
Air | Sentencing | EPA Press Release |
| 03/28 | Tonawanda Coke Corporation Mark L. Kamholz |
NY | • Eleven counts of violating the Clean Air Act • One count of obstruction of justice • Three counts of violating the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act |
Air | Conviction | W.D. NY Press Release |
| 03/25 | Mark Jeffrey Glover Discount Computers, Inc. (DCI) |
MI | • Storing and disposing of hazardous waste without a permit • Trafficking in counterfeit goods and services |
Waste | Sentencing | EPA Press Release |
| 03/22 | Hurley Enterprises, Inc. Mon–Dak Water & Septic Services, LLC |
ND | • Illegal disposal of domestic sewage, a felony violation of the federal Clean Water Act (CWA) | Water | Guilty Plea Sentencing |
D. ND Press Release |
| 03/18 | Bret A. Simpson | WA | • Failure to report a discharge of oil • Unlawfully discharging oil into the Columbia River |
Water | Sentencing | W.D. WA Press Release |
| 03/13 | David Ector | MD | • Discharging fill material into the Chesapeake Bay without a permit | Water | Guilty Plea Sentencing |
D. MD Press Release |
| 03/13 | Norman Teltow | CO | • Illegally treating hazardous waste | Waste | Guilty Plea | D. CO Press Release |
| 03/05 | FSD Group | FL | • Knowingly receiving, buying, selling and facilitating the transportation, concealment, and sale of approximately 65,592 kilograms of the ozone-depleting substance hydrochlorofluorocarbon-22 (“HCFC-22") which had been illegally smuggled into the United States contrary to the Clean Air Act | Air | Guilty Plea Sentencing |
S.D. FL Press Release |
| 02/26 | House of Raeford, Inc. | NC | • Knowingly violating the Clean Water Act | Water | Sentencing | M.D. NC Press Release |
| 02/26 | Douglas Greiner Bradley David Eberhart |
ID | • Violates work practice standards of the Clean Air Act | Air | Guilty Plea | D. ID Press Release |
| 02/22 | Rodney R. Hailey | MD | • Eight counts of wire fraud • Thirty-two counts of money laundering • Two counts of violating the Clean Air Act |
Air | Sentencing |
EPA Press Release
D. MD Press Release |
| 02/20 | Angel Dario Rodriguez Nunez | NC | • Conspiring to violate the Clean Air Act • Making a material false statement, representation, or certification |
Air | Sentencing | E.D. NC Press Release |
| 02/14 | Transocean Deepwater Inc. | LA | • Violation of the Clean Water Act (CWA) for its illegal conduct | Water | Guilty Plea Sentencing |
DOJ Press Release |
| 02/12 | Robert D. Armstrong | OH | • Violating the Clean Water Act by causing wastewater from oil and gas wells to flow into a tributary of the Little Muskingum River | Water | Guilty Plea | S.D. OH Press Release |
| 02/08 | Martin Glaves Kuna | OR | • Wire fraud {for falsely telling customers that he was certified to perform lead based paint inspections and testing in homes, where children resided, when in fact, he was not properly certified by state authorities} | Waste | Guilty Plea | D. OR Press Release |
| 02/07 | TIN, Inc., d/b/a/ Temple Inland | LA | • Negligently causing the discharge of a pollutant • Negligent taking of fish from the Bogue Chitto National Wildlife Refuge |
Water | Guilty Plea | E.D. LA Press Release |
| 01/29 | BP Exploration and Production Inc. | LA | • Eleven counts of felony manslaughter • One count of felony obstruction of Congress • Violations of the Clean Water and Migratory Bird Treaty Acts |
Water | Sentencing | DOJ Press Release |
| 01/24 | Connie M. Knight | LA | • Three felony criminal charges and one misdemeanor criminal charge for creating false identification documents and impersonating a federal official | Title 18 | Guilty Plea | E.D. LA Press Release |
| 01/22 | Cenex Harvest States, Inc., (CHS Inc.) | MT | • Failure to report a release of a hazardous substance | Waste | Sentencing | D. MT Press Release |
| 01/22 | Bruce Raymond Morris | MO | • Making false statements in violation of the Clean Water Act | Water | Guilty Plea | W.D. MO Press Release |
| 01/18 | Gene Cornell Smith | PA | • Illegally removed and disposed of asbestos | Air | Conviction | E.D. PA Press Release |
| 01/16 | Michael Pinski | IL | • Illegally removed asbestos | Air | Sentencing | C.D. IL Press Release |
| 01/15 | Frank Zuspan | WV | • Dumping a pollutant into waters of the United States without a permit | Water | Sentencing | D. WV Press Release |
| 01/11 | Vele Bozinoski | NJ | • Violating the Clean Air Act’s asbestos work practice standards • Conspiring with others to commit that offense |
Air | Sentencing | D. NJ Press Release |
| 01/03 | Transocean Deepwater, Inc. | LA | • Negligent in failing fully to investigate clear indications that the Macondo well was not secure and that oil and gas were flowing into the well | Water | Guilty Plea | E.D. LA Press Release |