{"id":8752,"date":"2015-01-25T10:51:27","date_gmt":"2015-01-25T18:51:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=8752"},"modified":"2015-01-25T13:01:06","modified_gmt":"2015-01-25T21:01:06","slug":"five-owners-managers-sentenced-prison-illegal-asbestos-removal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=8752","title":{"rendered":"Five Owners and Managers Sentenced to Prison for Illegal Asbestos Removal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>TENNESSEE<\/strong> &#8211;\u00a0The owners and managers of a former salvage operation at a former textile plant in Tennessee were sentenced to prison for conspiracy to illegally remove asbestos, according to officials.<\/p>\n<p><strong>U.S. District Judge Ronnie Gree<\/strong>r last week sentenced five people to prison terms for conspiring to commit Clean Air Act offenses in connection with the illegal removal and disposal of asbestos-containing materials at the former\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/criminal_justice_jurisprudence-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1073\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/criminal_justice_jurisprudence-2-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"criminal_justice_jurisprudence (2)\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">A&amp;E Salvage had purchased the plant out of bankruptcy in order to salvage metals which remained in the plant after it ceased operations, according to authorities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Judge Greer sentenced the five to the following prison sentences:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Mark Sawyer<\/strong>, 55, of Morristown, Tennessee, a former manager of A&amp;E Salvage, to five years.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0A&amp;E Salvage manager <strong>Newell Lynn Smith<\/strong>, 59, of Miami, Florida, was sentenced to three years and one month behind bars.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0A&amp;E Salvage Manager<strong> Eric Gru<\/strong>Owners &amp; Managers of Former Salvage Operations at Former Textile Plant in Tennessee Sentenced to Prison for Conspiracy Associated with Illegal Asbestos Removal<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0<strong>Armida<\/strong>, 56, and <strong>Milto DiSanti,<\/strong> 54, of Miami, Florida, each received sentences of six months in prison.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The judge ordered all the defendants to pay restitution of more than $10.3 million, which will be returned to Environmental Protection Agency\u2019s Superfund, which was used to clean up the plant site contamination.<\/p>\n<p>The sentencing took place over three days and included expert testimony that the exposures of the A&amp;E Salvage workers to asbestos resulted in a substantial likelihood that the workers would suffer death or serious bodily injury as a result of their exposure constituted a risk of death or serious bodily injury, officials said.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThese co-conspirators took unacceptable and illegal risks with workers lives and the community\u2019s health,\u201d said <strong>Assistant Attorney General John C. 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