Tag: 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…
Two Brothers, Environmental Felony, New York 1995
⏱ 3 min read San Juan, Puerto Rico. For years, toxic waste tycoons Ramón Plaza-Gregory and Ileana Cortés-González turned a blind eye to the law, pumping filth into the air from their commercial incinerator in Aguadilla. The poison they spewed out was a direct result of a twisted game of cat and mouse with regulators,…
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…
Natalie Fehse, Environmental Violations, Kentucky 2026
⏱ 2 min read A Kentucky auto parts manufacturer is facing the consequences of its toxic secret. GOTEC Plus Sun, LLC, a Delaware company, pleaded guilty to storing hazardous waste without a permit at its Williamstown facility. The hazardous waste, including spent solvents, had been accumulating since 2022. According to court documents, a June 2024…
