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Man Charged With Over 300 Littering, Environmental Violations
August 22, 2013
An Escambia County man is jailed on almost 350 environmental and littering charges in connection with the theft of scrap metal.
Anthony Joseph Green, Sr., 62, is believed to have stolen more than $36,000 in scrap metal from KTTTC Investments, Inc., located in the 2100 block of Longleaf Drive in Pensacola.
The arrest stems from a littering complaint that was under investigation by the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission Division of Law Enforcement and the Florida Department of Environmental Protection. During the course of the investigation, Green, who was the former property owner, admitted to recycling metals from the property even after the property was no longer owned by him or his company GFD Construction, according to a press release.
The investigation revealed that approximately 46 recycling loads had been taken to Wise Recycling, LLC between November 9, 2012 and March 29, 2013. Witnesses say Green employed them to deliver the materials and instructed them to have the invoices made out in one of the witnesses’ names. He then paid them out of cash received from the sale.
Green was charged with 173 counts of failure to obtain a DEP permit, one count of a false statement on a DEP document/tampering with device, 173 counts of littering more than 500 pounds, one count of grand theft over $1,000 , and one count of fraudulently obtaining property over $20,000.
He is being held in the Escambia County Jail without bond.
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2 Responses to “Man Charged With Over 300 Littering, Environmental Violations”
What??
The story is very confusing.
The investigation revealed that approximately 46 recycling loads were removed from the said property he previously owned. ‘
So, depending on the value of what was scrapped or recycled, 46 counts of grand or petty theft is a reasonable charge.
350 counts of environmental and littering charges? Was he stealing something for scrap that imposed a hazard and should not of been there in the first place??
They got Al Capone for tax evasion…I suppose littering charges will work in this case.