Category: Environmental Crime
Orlando Rivera-Alejandro, Wetland Destruction, Puerto Rico 2020
⏱ 3 min read A Puerto Rico man’s greed has left a toxic legacy in the Jobos Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. Orlando Rivera-Alejandro, a Salinas resident, has admitted to dumping concrete and other fill material in the protected wetlands, home to endangered species like the brown pelican and West Indian manatee. Between January 2020…
WV Turnpike Crash, Felony Environmental Pollution, West Virginia 2023
⏱ 2 min read A South Carolina truck driver is facing the music for a 2022 West Virginia Turnpike crash that polluted Paint Creek, killing aquatic life. Dennis Eugene West, 58, was driving a tractor-trailer when he crashed on the Skitter Creek Bridge in Fayette County on August 24, 2022. The impact ruptured totes containing…
Chase Michael Courville, Migratory Bird Act Violation, Tennessee 2023
Chase Michael Courville, a 27-year-old resident of Abbeville, Louisiana, and Dalton Harrison, a 20-year-old resident of Shelby County, Tennessee, have been sentenced for violating the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. The two men were convicted of placing bait – grain, feed, or salt to serve as a lure – to attract waterfowl for the purpose of…
Christopher Domermuth, Clean Water Act Violations, Tennessee 2023
A Knoxville, Tennessee man and his company have pleaded guilty to violating the Clean Water Act. Christopher Domermuth, 49, and Domermuth Environmental Services LLC (DES) both pleaded guilty on August 20 to knowingly discharging pollutants into a navigable waterway without a permit. According to court documents, Domermuth operated DES, which was engaged in the business…
David K. Smith, Environmental Crime, West Virginia 2023
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – David K. Smith, 68, of Paducah, Kentucky, has pleaded guilty to a serious environmental crime in West Virginia. According to court documents and statements made in court, David K. Smith, sole owner and officer of River Marine Enterprises and Western River Assets, admitted to discharging refuse into navigable waters. The crime occurred…
William Roberts, Clean Water Act Violation, Mississippi 2022
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Dover Chemical Corporation, Environmental Damage, Ohio 2024
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January Environmental Services, Used Oil Processing and Storage Violations, Oklahoma 2020
OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA – In a move to resolve allegations of used oil processing and storage violations, January Environmental Services, Inc., January Transport, Inc., and company-owner Cris January (collectively Defendants) will pay civil penalties of $1.9 million, announced United States Attorney Robert J. Troester. The United States and the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality (ODEQ)…
Flo~Pro Performance Exhaust, Emissions Control Defeat Devices, California 2023
Flo~Pro Performance Exhaust, a Canadian automotive parts manufacturer based in Alberta, Canada, has agreed to stop manufacturing and selling aftermarket emissions control defeat devices in the United States, and pay a $1.6 million penalty, to resolve allegations that they violated the Clean Air Act (CAA). The complaint, filed simultaneously with the consent decree, alleges that…
Amin Ali, Hazardous Waste Dumping, Georgia 2022
Amin Ali, the owner of Goldstar Investment Group LLC, 7 Days Property Management Inc., and Rock Springs Farming LLC, has pleaded guilty to dumping over 100 drums of hazardous waste in Georgia. The hazardous waste, including chemicals containing benzene, lead, and chromium, was dumped on a farming property in Rock Springs, Georgia, in August 2021.…
