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A self-described “dirt broker” will be getting a new trial after the Ninth Circuit overturned his 2018 conviction for illegally dumping pollutants into nearly 12 acres of protected wetlands.
James Lucero charges trucking companies and contractors a fee in exchange for providing an open space to dump dirt and construction debris.
He was sentenced to 30 months in prison after a federal jury found him guilty on three counts of violating the Clean Water Act by knowingly discharging pollutants into the Mowry Slough — part of the Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge in Newark, California.
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This is actually kind of an interesting case.
James Lucero charges trucking companies and contractors a fee in exchange for providing an open space to dump dirt and construction debris.
He was sentenced to 30 months in prison after a federal jury found him guilty on three counts of violating the Clean Water Act by knowingly discharging pollutants into the Mowry Slough — part of the Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge in Newark, California.
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Ninth Circuit Orders New Trial in Criminal Dumping Case
A self-described “dirt broker” will be getting a new trial after the Ninth Circuit overturned his 2018 conviction for illegally dumping pollutants into nearly 12 acres of protected wetlands.
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This is actually kind of an interesting case.