Summary

Sar Trucking & Equipment, Inc., of Pahokee, FL, and its owner Emilio A. Perez were convicted by a jury in West Palm Beach, FL, on three felony counts of illegally discharging wastes into 17 acres of protected wetlands in violation of the Clean Water Act and causing damage to land belonging to the Army Corps of Engineers next to Lake Okeechobee. OIG investigated this case with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Criminal Investigations Division, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and the Palm Beach (FL) Sheriff’s Office. Sentencing is scheduled for March 22, 2002.