A bit of crime and punishment news . . .
TAKE A LOOK AT THE AFTERMATH OF THE WORST DEVELOPMENT PROJECT IN KANSAS CITY'S HISTORY!!!
This town is still paying the price for this Eastside construction project but it's nice to see at least some consequences for developers . . . The highlights are mine. Check it:
KC DEVELOPER SENTENCED FOR IMPROPERLY HANDLING ASBESTOS AT CITADEL PLAZA
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - David M. Ketchmark, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Kansas City, Mo., developer was sentenced in federal court today for improperly removing and disposing of asbestos-containing materials in connection with work at The Citadel Plaza Redevelopment Site.
William M. Threatt, Jr., 71, of Kansas City, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Gary A. Fenner to pay a $10,000 fine and serve five years of probation, including up to 120 days at a halfway house and 250 hours of community service.
Threatt, who pleaded guilty on Feb. 1, 2012, was the president and owner of The Citadel Plaza Redevelopment Site located in midtown Kansas City. Co-defendant Anthony Crompton, 43, of Kansas City, Mo., has also pleaded guilty and was sentenced to three years of probation. Crompton was an operator for The Citadel Plaza Redevelopment Site and a real estate director for Community Development Corporation of Kansas City. He directed the workers who performed demolition work at the Citadel Plaza site.
Threatt and Crompton admitted they violated the Clean Air Act in the process of removing and disposing of regulated asbestos-containing materials from numerous structures during the demolition and renovation of the Citadel Plaza site from April 2001 to July 2006. The Clean Air Acts asbestos work practice standards describe the appropriate procedures for the notification and safe handling, stripping, removal and disposal of asbestos-containing materials during renovation or demolition to prevent emissions of particulate asbestos material into the air.
Threatt and Crompton failed to properly inspect the site for asbestos, remove asbestos materials prior to commencing work that could disturb the materials, ensure that asbestos materials were adequately wetted or otherwise captured in a ventilation system to reduce dust prior to disposal, ensure that asbestos materials were placed in leak-tight containers bearing warning labels, ensure that proper shipment records were maintained, ensure that a properly trained person in asbestos removal procedures was present at all times, ensure that asbestos waste was transported off-site in properly labeled containers, and ensure that asbestos waste was disposed of at approved disposal sites.
This case was prosecuted by Acting U.S. Attorney David M. Ketchmark. It was investigated by the Environmental Protection Agency, Criminal Investigation Division.
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Not bad for all of the money that's gone.
ReplyDeleteSo when is Terry Riley going to jail?
ReplyDeleteJust a warm-up for the Chamber's Big 5 Urban Core project.
ReplyDeleteRound up the usual grifters. Oh, don't bother. They're already here!
That NIGGER got of Dred Scott free. He won't pay any old fine to whitey and probation's a fucking joke to the jig world. What a country!
ReplyDelete4:45: I don't think Dred Scott got off free although I doubt that a little thing like facts will bother you. Perhaps you mean scot free?
ReplyDeleteAt any rate I will agree the punishment was insufficient.
Just another fall guy for everyone's favorite minority contractor....Doc Worley!
ReplyDeleteAnd we all know that Terry Riley is Doc Worley's favorite minority on Doc's payroll.
ReplyDeletei wouldn't consider this to be
ReplyDelete'the worst' redevelopment.
stanley durwood, and arnold garfinkle
held large parts of downtown hostage
for many years.
perhaps you could tell us how or why you ignore those two.
Maybe TKC didn't write about those because they weren't prosecuted by the Feds.
ReplyDeleteThat makes a big difference.
Tell me why the Feds were investigating Terry Riley like crazy and then suddenly dropped it. Did someone throw them Threatt as a bone?
ReplyDeleteSounds like the Sopranos throwing Junior to the wolves while Riley gets to play another day.
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