The fuel spill was not discovered until the morning of June 12, when a community member reported the smell of gas, but by then the damage had been done. Notified nobody.”Ī dead fish is pictured in (Courtesy of the Delaware County District Attorney’s Office) And then he starts cleaning up the area where he was dumping the gasoline, and then got in his truck and left. “He then takes the hose back into the truck. And just dumping the rest of the gasoline - over 4,000 gallons into the ground, which is where a stream goes behind the Gas ‘N’ Go,” Stollsteimer said. “We have security video showing him taking the hose, putting it under the guardrail at the back end of the gas station. After Smith had pumped about 4,000 gallons into the underground tank, Stollsteimer said, the overfill alert system went off, causing Smith to stop. There was not enough space for it, because the company had made an earlier delivery that day. Stollsteimer said Smith showed up with nearly 8,500 gallons of fuel. The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection ruled out the possibility of faulty tanks several weeks ago as a large-scale clean-up was underway. He was scheduled to turn himself in to law enforcement on Tuesday.Īn oil spill cleanup sock in a small waterway leading to Chester Creek off Brookhaven Road in Delaware County, Pa. George Smith, 37, of Vineland, New Jersey, also is charged with recklessly endangering another person, committing Clean Streams law violations, and related offenses. “We are holding this man accountable by arresting him and charging him with multiple offenses, including both causing and risking a catastrophe and a bunch of environmental statutes of Pennsylvania as well,” Stollsteimer said. Further, Northumberland 89.7 apologizes for any loss of reputation that the article may have caused Delco.Delaware County District Attorney Jack Stollsteimer announced Tuesday that criminal charges have been filed against the driver of a gasoline delivery truck in connection with the 4,500-gallon fuel spill in June that killed dozens of animals and caused a Brookhaven school to close. We retract without reservation or qualification all statements made in the article about Delco, which are false and have no basis in fact, suggesting that Delco conducted work at Grand Valley Institution related to or done in conjunction with the unauthorized monitoring of cell phone conversations or was engaged in unauthorized monitoring of cell phone conversations at or near Grand Valley Institution. of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan for the false and misleading statements published on Augunder the heading: “Prison Monitoring More Widespread.” Northumberland 89.7 completely and sincerely apologizes to Delco Automation Inc. Our being misled by CSC has resulted in an unfortunate naming of Delco Automation as being complicit in what could be illegal activity. Northumberland 89.7 strives to be fair to our listeners and to ensure our reporting is fair and accurate. Nowhere in the contract does it mention radio frequency surveillance as occurred at Warkworth. Rindall has provided Northumberland 89.7 with a copy of the contract with CSC for certain security upgrades at Grand Valley. Rindall states that although CSC has been a long standing client of his firm, the invoice included in the ATIP response “was possibly provided in error”. Included in the documentation considered by CSC to be relevant to the ATIP request was the invoice for payment of Delco’s bill for work carried out at Grand Valley Institution in Kitchener. The ATIP reply also included emails showing that National Headquarters officials referred to the procedure carried on at other “institutions” suggesting that the procedure was carried on elsewhere. An OPP investigation has been concluded and it is yet to be determined if criminal charges will be laid. The Stingray machine was able to intercept calls beyond the fences of Warkworth Institution including neighbouring property. CSC admitted that such an undertaking had been carried out at Warkworth Institution for which the Warden apologized. Northumberland 89.7 reported on an answer to an Access to Information request filed with the CSC seeking production of documents relating to the installation and usage of a “Stingray” system used to collect cell phone usage. Rindall contacted Northumberland 89.7 and stated that the Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) erred in delivering up an invoice indicating that Marc St-Amand, Director of Electronic Security Systems had authorized payment to Delco for over $8,000 for cell phone message interception. Brian Rindall, President and CEO of Delco Automation in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan denies his company took part as a contractor in monitoring cell phone calls at Grand Valley Institution.
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