Not Permitted – Allegany County
On Sept. 27, ECOs arrested an Allegany County man in connection with an illegal waste management facility in the town of Genesee. ECO Calanni first received reports about large piles of solid waste at the unpermitted facility on June 25. The Officer attempted to speak to the owner who immediately became agitated and unresponsive. On July 18, ECO Calanni, Bureau of Environmental Crimes Investigator Piwko, and employees from DEC’s Division of Materials Management executed a search warrant on the property and documented the piles of solid waste. ECO Calanni reached out to the subject again and the individual became confrontational, even sending obscene material to the Officers’ cell phone, before allegedly burning and burying the solid waste piles on the Genesee property. On Sept. 19, DEC’s Division of Law Enforcement, Materials Management, and New York State Police executed a second search warrant on the property with assistance from DEC Operations employees who utilized an excavator. The second search warrant uncovered partially burned solid waste and construction and demolition debris buried throughout the property. The subject is charged with 194 misdemeanors including 64 counts of operating a solid waste management facility without a permit, 64 counts of illegally disposing waste, 64 counts of constructing or operating a facility in violation of the New York Environmental Conservation Law, one count of unlawfully burning material in an open fire, and one count of obscenity in the third degree for the obscene photo sent to ECO Calanni’s phone. The defendant is due in Genesee Town Court on Oct. 17. The case is being prosecuted by the Allegany County Assistant District Attorney.
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Lt. Ward investigates illegal solid waste pile discovered in town of Genesee
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Illegal solid waste pile burns in town of Genesee
