Greenbelt, Maryland – A Lusby man has been handed a two-year probation sentence after pleading guilty to discharging fill material into the Chesapeake Bay without a permit, in violation of the Clean Water Act.
David Ector, 55, of Lusby, Maryland, was sentenced by Chief U.S. District Judge Deborah K. Chasanow for dumping large rocks, also known as rip rap, over the cliff-face of his property in Calvert County from May 28 through May 30, 2010.
Ector, who owned the cliff-front property, did not obtain a permit to put the rocks into the Chesapeake Bay, as required by the Clean Water Act. This action interfered with the critical habitat of an endangered species.
As a special condition of his sentence, Chief Judge Chasanow ordered that the defendant remove, at his own expense, all fill material discharged into the Chesapeake Bay.
The guilty plea was announced by United States Attorney for the District of Maryland Rod J. Rosenstein and Special Agent in Charge David G. McLeod, Jr., of the Environmental Protection Agency’s Criminal Investigation Division – Philadelphia Area Office.
“This country’s environmental laws are aimed at keeping our inland waterways free from materials that do not belong there,” said David G. McLeod, Jr., Special Agent in Charge of EPA’s criminal enforcement program in Maryland.
United States Attorney Rod J. Rosenstein praised the EPA Criminal Investigation Division and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Office of Law Enforcement, for their work in the investigation. Mr. Rosenstein thanked Assistant U.S. Attorney David I. Salem, who prosecuted the case.
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Key Facts
- State: Maryland
- Category: Public Corruption|Environmental Crimes
- Source: DOJ Press Release ↗
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