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$2.4M Scheme: Former Cortlandt Town Employee, Business Owner Admit To Illegal Dumping Plot
A former Northern Westchester town employee has admitted to allowing a business owner to illegally dump unauthorized material at an environmentally fragile facility in exchange for cash bribes, federal officials announced.
Verplanck resident Robert Dyckman, age 52, and Cortlandt Manor resident Glenn Griffin, age 55, both pleaded guilty to charges related to the $2.4 million scheme, the US Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York announced on Monday, Aug. 26.
According to federal officials, Dyckman, the former Assistant General Foreman for the Town o…
Perp Who Dumped 100 Tires In CT Town Charged With Illegal Disposal
One of two suspects wanted for allegedly dumping more than 100 tires in a Connecticut town last year has been charged by police.
Fairfield County resident Lavon Spradley, age 22, of Bridgeport, was arrested on Friday, Jan. 26 for the Friday, Dec. 29, 2023, incident in New Haven County in Naugatuck.
An investigation revealed a series of events involving a U-Haul truck and the disposal of tires at multiple locations, the Naugatuck Police said.
Litchfield County resident Andrew Gonzalez, age 32, of Terryville, and Spradley were identified with the illegal dumping activities, police …
Norwalk Man Accused Of Dumping Dead Deer Carcasses In Wilton
A Fairfield County man has been accused of dumping at least 12 deer carcasses off a roadway.
Norwalk resident Eric Gray, age 50, was arrested on Thursday, April 14, after turning himself in at the Wilton Police Department on an arrest warrant, said Capt. Gregg Phillipson, of the Wilton Police.
"There were numerous reports of dead animal carcasses being dumped in the area of Old Huckleberry Road (in Wilton)," Phillipson said.
Gray, who owns a wildlife business in the area, would take the deer carcasses and dump the dead animals, he added.
He was charged with 12 counts of illegal …
Ex-Cortlandt Town Employee, Ex-Peekskill Business Owner Both Indicted For $1.5M Scheme
A former Northern Westchester town employee and an owner of a landscaping business were both indicted in an illegal dumping scheme that could cost the town up to $1.5 million.
Glenn Griffin, the owner of Griffin's Landscaping Corporation, and Robert Dyckman, the former assistant general foreman with the Town of Cortlandt, were both arrested on Thursday, July 21, according to Damian Williams, the United States attorney for the Southern District of New York.
Griffin, age 53, of Cortlandt Manor, and Dyckman, age 51, of Verplanck, are both charged in a scheme to dump hundreds of …
'Disgusting': Bergen County Man Dumped At Least 3 Deer Carcasses In Newark, Police Say
A Bergen County man was arrested for repeatedly dumping deer carcasses in Newark, authorities said.
Paul A. Bartella, 60, of North Arlington, is accused of leaving the carcasses in Newark three times across the city since June, Newark Public Safety Director Brian A. O’Hara said.
He was arrested on warrants Wednesday night, after an incident on Verona Avenue near Broadway, police said.
He did the same on Aug. 3 on Chester Avenue and Riverside avenues, and on June 24, on the 200 block of Oraton Street, O'Hara said.
VICE detectives charged Bartella with disposal of solid waste, transpor…
Trio Arrested For Illegal Dumping In Newark, Police Say
Three men were arrested for illegal dumping in Newark, authorities said.
David Chang, 24, of Brooklyn, Mikel A. Lopez, 23, of Englewood, and Steven Gonzalez, 25, of Union City, were spotted tossing debris from a U-Haul around 9 p.m. Sunday, Newark Public Safety Director Brian A. O’Hara said.
They were spotted by members of the Newark Police Division’s Environmental Graffiti Vice Crimes Task Force near 49-59 Riverside Avenue, O'Hara said.
The materials being removed from the truck included mattresses, wood and black industrial-size garbage bags, police said.
Each suspect faces ch…
17 Busted For Illegal Dumping In Newark, Police Charge
Five men were charged and 12 issued summonses for illegal dumping in Newark since October, authorities announced Tuesday.
“I am hopeful that any suspect found guilty of illegal dumping in Newark faces a sentence by the judicial system harsh enough to deter these crimes in the future,” Newark Public Safety Director Anthony F. Ambrose said.
The most recent incident occurred Dec. 27, after a railroad worker spotted Liel Moises, 46, Richard Salernitano, 53, both of Newark, dumping construction debris from a truck parked near the train tracks at 14-16 Meeker Pl., Ambrose said.
Both we…
Garbage Dumped In Woods Traced Back To 'Trash Removal Service'; Arrests Made
Two women offering trash removal services are being accused of dumping truckloads of garbage in the Monson woods.
Julie Palmere, 34, of Monson, and Tisha Verge, 36, of West Springfield, have been arrested and charged with illegal dumping of trash over 7 cubic-feet, operating after suspension, and use of a motor vehicle without authority, police said.
Verge was also charged with operating after suspension, attaching the wrong license plates and operating an uninsured motor vehicle.
The arrest was the result of a sting operation. After receiving complaints about trach being dumped in the woo…
