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For Immediate Release:  
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August 11, 2006  
Division of Criminal Justice
609-292-4791
Office of The Attorney General
- Zulima V. Farber, Attorney General
Division of Criminal Justice
- Gregory A. Paw, Director

   
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Division of Criminal Justice - Environmental Crimes Bureau Continues Crackdown on Illegal Activity
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TRENTON - Attorney General Zulima V. Farber and Criminal Justice Director Gregory A. Paw announced that the Division of Criminal Justice - Environmental Crimes Bureau has obtained guilty pleas from defendants in four separate cases of illegal dumping.

“Illegal dumping harms our environment and poses a serious threat to public health in New Jersey,” said Attorney General Farber. “We will continue to vigorously investigate and prosecute these crimes.”

State v. George Kooz. According to Director Paw, George Kooz, 61, of Franklin Lakes, pleaded guilty yesterday before Hudson County Superior Court Judge Fred W. Theemling to an accusation charging him with third-degree unlawful disposal of solid waste. An investigation by the Division of Criminal Justice determined that in April, Kooz illegally abandoned a truck on Fish House Road in Kearney containing at least ten 55-gallon drums, fifteen 30-gallon drums and 10 five-gallon pails of solid waste from his business in Paterson. Deputy Attorney General Betty Rodriguez and State Investigator Steven Ogulin coordinated the case. The Passaic County Sheriff’s Department, Kearny Police Department, state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and CSX rail/truck transportation company police assisted in the investigation.

In addition, the Division of Criminal Justice - Environmental Crimes Bureau recently obtained the following guilty pleas:

  • State v. Ellsworth C. Bailey. Bailey, 63, Brooklyn, N.Y. pleaded guilty on July 31 before Bergen County Superior Court Judge Eugene M. Austin to receiving stolen property and criminal mischief. Bailey admitted that he coordinated the dumping of tires in remote areas surrounding the Meadowlands. On July 29, 2003, Moonachie police arrested Bailey and Bruce Hargrove, 47, of Brooklyn, N.Y., in the act of using a stolen trailer to dump more than 400 tires behind an industrial complex on Purcell Court in Moonachie. The investigation revealed that Bailey allegedly dumped hundreds more tires in at least two other nearby areas, between a railroad bed and a parking lot near Loehmans on Thomas E. Dunn Memorial Highway in Rutherford, and in a wooded area off Route 202 North and Lake Road in Far Hills. The investigation was coordinated by Deputy Attorney General Betty Rodriguez and State Investigator Jeffrey Hill. The Meadowlands Commission, Moonachie Police, Montville Police and Far Hills Police assisted in the investigation. Hargrove pleaded guilty on February 2, 2004.








  • State v. Glasshouse Village Properties. Glasshouse Village Properties pleaded guilty on July 31 before Judge Waters to third-degree abandonment of hazardous waste. The company admitted that in July 2002, employees of the company illegally abandoned at least 90 containers of hazardous waste in a wooded area in Bevan Wildlife Management area in Cumberland County. An investigation by the Division of Criminal Justice determined that many of the containers were leaking material onto the ground. Bonanno and State Investigator Jeffrey Gross coordinated the investigation. DEP’s Division of Fish and Wildlife assisted in the investigation.

Attorney General Farber noted that the key to a successful enforcement initiative against illegal dumpers must include the “eyes and ears” of neighborhood residents and community watch groups reporting suspicious activities. The DEP maintains a 24-Hour Environmental Hot Line – 877-927-6337 – to receive reports of environmental crimes. Illegal dumping activity should also be reported to the Division of Criminal Justice, 609-984-4470, local police department or county prosecutor’s office.

Additional information regarding environmental enforcement activities can be obtained by logging on to the Division of Criminal Justice Web site at www.njdcj.org or the Department of Environmental Protection Web site at www.state.nj.us/dep.

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