Enforcement

Criminal Press Releases - 2013

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OCEFT Seal This is a list of press releases announcing results of EPA criminal cases adjudicated in U.S. courts. The tables are sortable and can be viewed by date or alphabetically under all other headings.

Month/Day	Defendant	State	Violation	Related Media	Case Status	Press Release
12/19	Lamont P. Pryor	OH	• Violating the (NESHAP) provisions of the Clean Air Act	Waste	Guilty Plea	S.D. Oh. Press Release
12/18	Jason Hudnall John Wesley Tucker	W. Va.	• Conspiracy to steal anhydrous ammonia • Negligent release of anhydrous ammonia into the air • Conspiracy to steal anhydrous ammonia to be used to manufacture methamphetamine	Waste	Guilty Plea	S.D. W.Va. Press Release
12/16	John J. Mayer	OH	• Illegal removal and disposal of asbestos-containing material	Air	Guilty Plea	N.D. OH. Press Release
12/13	Tap Root Dairy, LLC William “Billy” Franklin Johnston	NC	• Violation of the Clean Water Act • Discharging of cow feces into the French Broad River	Water	Guilty Plea	W.D. NC Press Release
12/12	Roger J. Dies	LA	• Violating the Clean Water Act • Scheming to falsify and conceal material facts • Obstruction through the creation of false documents • witness tampering • Obstruction of justice • Making false statements to a federal criminal investigator • Forfeiture allegation	Water	Indictment	M.D. LA Press Release
12/12	Michael Moshe Shimshoni	FL	• Failing to provide approved Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) lead paint warning notices and brochures to his tenants • Alteration or Falsification of records in a federal investigation	Waste	Indictment	M.D. FL Press Release
12/09	Julio Cesar Villanueva Cornejo (Villanueva) Juan Carlos Perez-Gonzales (Perez)	CA	• Possessing a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking crimes • Possessing an illegal rodenticide • Fosfuro de Zinc, and possessing an illegal insecticide and QúFuran • In violation of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) • Manufacturing and aiding and abetting the manufacture of 1,313 marijuana plants	Waste	Guilty Plea	E.D. CA Press Release
12/06	Marietta Industrial Enterprises, Inc. William Scott Elliott	OH	• A felony charge of failing to report violations of the company’s permit • A misdemeanor charge of being an accessory	Air	Guilty Plea	S.D. OH Press Release
12/05	Unilever Home and Personal Care USA	CT	• Illegal discharge of industrial wastewater	Water	Guilty Plea	D. CT Press Release
11/22	Jover Naranjo Luperio Naranjo, Sr.	NY	• Mail fraud • Conspiracy to commit mail fraud • Witness tampering • Conspiracy to commit witness tampering • Aggravated identity theft • One count of making false statements	Title 18	Conviction	S.D. NY Press Release
11/22	Jerome Clarence Barnes, Jr. Jared F. Walker	GA	• Fraudulently issued emissions certificates	Air	Sentencing	N.D. GA Press Release
11/19	Khalil Mahmoud Saad	MI	• Illegal removal of asbestos	Air	Sentencing	E.D. MI Press Release
11/19	Gene Cornell Smith	PA	• Knowingly removed asbestos-containing materials illegally	Air	Sentencing	E.D. PA Press Release
11/13	Brad Foote Gear Works, Inc.	IL	• Illegal discharge of industrial wastewater into the public sewer system	Water	Guilty Plea	N.D. IL Press Release
11/12	Edward Palmer	NY	• Illegal removal and disposal of asbestos	Air	Sentencing	N.D. NY Press Release
11/01	Slade E. Barnett, Jr.	UT	• Introducing a pollutant into a sewer system that he knew would cause property damage.	Water	Guilty Plea	D. UT Press Release
10/28	Matthew Lawrence Bowman	TX	• Violating the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSH Act) • Making a false statement	OSHA	Sentencing	DOJ Press Release
10/24	Michael J. Vaughn	LA	• Making false statements • Conspiracy	Water Title 18	Sentencing	M.D. LA Press Release
10/22	Billy J. Avery	VA	• Violating the asbestos National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollution (NESHAP)	Air	Guilty Plea	E.D. VA Press Release
10/15	Charles M. Oberly	OH	• One count of illegal storage of hazardous waste without a permit	Waste	Guilty Plea	D. DE Press Release
09/25	Jose Manuel Cabrera	WV	• Conducting false vehicle emission inspections	Air	Sentencing	Case Summary
09/19	Martin S. Kimber	NY	• Using a toxic chemical, mercury, as a weapon (counts one and two) • Tampering with consumer products (count three)	Waste	Sentencing	Case Summary
09/19	Halliburton Energy Services Inc. (Halliburton)	LA	• Destruction of evidence	Water	Guilty Plea Sentencing	DOJ Press Release
09/11	Maracle Industrial Finishing Jon Maltese	NY	• Violating a Zero Discharge Permit by repeatedly discharging process wastewater into the sewer system	Water	Sentencing	Case Summary
09/10	Thomas Villirillo Jaime Grimsley	MO	• Conspiracy to commit mail fraud	Title 18	Sentencing	W.D. MO Press Release
09/06	Jerome Clarence Barnes, Jr. Jared F. Walker	GA	• Issuing fraudulent emissions certificates	Air	Guilty Plea	N.D. GA Press Release
08/29	Jonathan Deck	NJ	• Conspiring to commit wire fraud in connection with the illegal dumping of thousands of tons of asbestos-contaminated construction debris	Air	Sentencing	Case Summary
08/29	Michael L. Guesman	OH	• Illegally discharging brine and oil-based drilling mud into a stormwater drain	Water	Guilty Plea	N.D. OH Press Release
08/29	Kennedy Mint, Inc. Teresina Montorsi	OH	• Illegal dumping of a drum of liquid cyanide into a storm drain • Obstruction of justice	Water	Sentencing	Case Summary
08/27	Tennie White	MS	• Two false statement counts • One count of obstructing proceedings	Title 18	Sentencing	Case Summary
08/14	Southwest Rice Mill Inc. Frederick Marque De La Houssaye	LA	• Negligently discharged waste oil into navigable waters	Water	Guilty Plea Sentencing	Case Summary
08/14	Bradley Eberhart Douglas Greiner	ID	• Violating the asbestos work practice standards of the Clean Air Act	Air	Sentencing	Case Summary
08/08	Lamont P. Pryor	OH	• Three counts of violating the asbestos removal provisions of the Clean Air Act	Air	Guilty Plea	S.D. OH Press Release
08/08	Jassim Juburi	NC	• One count of conspiracy to violate the Clean Air Act by conducting false vehicle emissions inspections	Air	Sentencing	Case Summary
08/08	Diana Shipping Services S.A. Ioannis Prokakis Antonios Boumpoutelos	VA	• Conspiracy • Knowing failure to fully maintain an oil record book • Falsification of records and concealing tangible objects in a federal investigation • Obstruction of Justice	Water	Conviction	DOJ Press Release
08/07	William “Bill” Lafon Musgrove	TX	• Negligently releasing an extremely hazardous substance • Placing another person in danger of imminent death or serious bodily injury	Waste	Guilty Plea	E.D. TX Press Release
08/02	Donald Torriero Julius DeSimone	NY	• Conspiring to violate the Clean Water Act and the Superfund statute • Wire fraud • Defrauding the United States • Making False Statements	Water	Sentencing	Case Summary
07/25	Halliburton Energy Services Inc.	LA	• One count of destruction of evidence	Water	Guilty Plea	DOJ Press Release
07/23	Executive Recycling, Inc. Brandon Richter Tor Olson	CO	• Mail fraud • Wire fraud • Illegal disposal of electronic waste • Smuggling • Obstruction of justice	Waste	Sentencing	Case Summary
07/23	Martin Glaves Kuna	OR	• One count of wire fraud	Waste	Sentencing	Case Summary
07/17	Brian Raphael D’Isernia Lagoon Landing, LLC	&FL	• Illegal dredging and felony wetlands violations {Rivers and Harbors Act}	Water	Sentencing	Case Summary
07/15	Benjamin Franklin Pass P&W Waste Oil Services Inc.	NC	• Unlawfully transporting, storing and disposing of used oil contaminated with PCBs • Making false statements • Failing to pay several years of taxes	Waste	Guilty Plea	DOJ Press Release
06/27	Roy E. Madden	LA	• Counterfeiting and Forgery	Water	Sentencing	Case Summary
06/19	Cross Nicastro Dominick Mazza Mazza & Sons Inc.	NY	• Illegally dumping thousands of asbestos-contaminated construction debris	Water	Sentencing	Case Summary
06/13	Brent Roland Feickert	MN	• One count of making false statements	Water	Guilty Plea	D. MN Press Release
06/07	Jonathan Isaac Shokrian Califco, LLC	TX	• One count of failure to notify under the Clean Air Act, related to an asbestos removal project	Air	Guilty Plea	N.D. TX Press Release
06/05	Edward Palmer	NY	• Felony violation of the Clean Air Act	Air	Guilty Plea	N.D. NY Press Release
06/04	Omega Protein, Incorporated	VA	• Two violations of the Clean Water Act	Water	Sentencing	Case Summary
05/29	Michael J. Vaughn	LA	• Conspiracy • Making False Statements • Forfeiture	Title 18	Guilty Plea	M.D. LA Press Release
05/28	Wal-Mart	CA	• Six counts of violating the Clean Water Act by illegally handling and disposing of hazardous materials • Violating the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) by failing to properly handle pesticides	Water Pesticides Waste	Guilty Plea Sentencing	Case Summary EPA Press Release DOJ Press Release
05/23	Tennie White	MS	• Two felony false statements counts • One felony count of obstructing proceedings	Title 18	Conviction	Case Summary
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	Case Summary
05/17	Henry Papuga	MA	• Six Counts of Tampering with Environmental Monitoring Device or Method • Two Counts of Making False Statements	Water	Sentencing	Case Summary
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	Case Summary
05/09	Franklin A. (“Al”) Bieri	IL	• Violating the Clean Air Act	Air	Sentencing	Case Summary
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	Case Summary
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	Case Summary
04/16	Carr William Brown	LA	• Illegal discharges of pollutants into state waters	Water	Guilty Plea Sentencing	Case Summary
04/10	Harvey Bryant Pridgen	NC	• Unauthorized fill of wetlands	Water	Sentencing	Case Summary
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	Case Summary
04/04	Larry McKissick II	MA	• Negligently discharging a harmful quantity of oil into or upon the navigable waters of the United States	Water	Sentencing	Case Summary
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	Case Summary 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	Case Summary 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	Case Summary
03/18	Bret A. Simpson	WA	• Failure to report a discharge of oil • Unlawfully discharging oil into the Columbia River	Water	Sentencing	Case Summary
03/13	David Ector	MD	• Discharging fill material into the Chesapeake Bay without a permit	Water	Guilty Plea Sentencing	Case Summary
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	Case Summary
02/26	Douglas Greiner Bradley David Eberhart	ID	• Violates work practice standards of the Clean Air Act	Air	Guilty Plea	Case Summary
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	Case Summary EPA 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	Case Summary
02/14	Transocean Deepwater Inc.	LA	• Violation of the Clean Water Act (CWA) for its illegal conduct	Water	Guilty Plea Sentencing	Case Summary
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	Case Summary
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	Case Summary
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	Case Summary
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	Case Summary
01/22	Cenex Harvest States, Inc., (CHS Inc.)/Milk River Coop	MT	• Failure to report a release of a hazardous substance	Waste	Sentencing	Case Summary
01/22	Bruce Raymond Morris	MO	• Making false statements in violation of the Clean Water Act	Water	Guilty Plea	Case Summary
01/16	Michael Pinski	IL	• Illegally removed asbestos	Air	Sentencing	Case Summary
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	Case Summary
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	Case Summary