From: Nigel.Allen@bbs.oit.unc.edu (Nigel Allen)
Subject: Two Found Guilty, Sentenced in Virginia Landfill Case
Organization: NDA
Date: Sat, 26 Sep 1992 10:26:06 GMT

Here is a press release from the Attorney General of Virgina.
 Two Found Guilty, Sentenced in Virginia Landfill Case
 To: City Desk
 Contact: David A. Parsons of the Office of the Attorney General
          of Virginia, 804-786-3518

   RICHMOND, Va., Sept. 25  -- William Stover and H. James Taylor 
were found guilty and sentenced today by an Alleghany County 
Circuit Court judge for their roles in a scheme to skim more than 
$1 million from the business that operated the now-defunct
Kim-Stan landfill.
   Circuit Judge Duncan M. Byrd accepted plea agreements that were
worked out between Alleghany County Commonwealth's Attorney Chris
Alderson and attorneys representing Stover and Taylor.
   Under the terms of his plea agreement, Stover pleaded "no
contest" to one count each of embezzlement and conspiracy.  He was
sentenced to 20 years in prison,and fined $5,000.  The agreement
suspends the balance of his sentence after he serves eight years.
Upon his release from prison, Stover will spend five years on
supervised probation.
   Under the terms of his plea agreement, Taylor pleaded "guilty"
to one count each of embezzlement and conspiracy.  He was sentenced
to 15 years in prison and fined $5,000.  The agreement suspends the
balance of his sentence after he serves five years and 30 days.
Upon his release from prison, Taylor also will spend five years on
supervised probation.
   "Every now and then you run across a company that's an
environmental outlaw and, this was one of those companies,"
Attorney General Mary Sue Terry said today.  "In this case, when it
became apparent we were dealing with blatant and irresponsible
conduct, I directed a full criminal investigation.  Quite frankly,
I'm pleased with our results.  Before the end of this year, we also
will argue the pending civil case."
   Stover and Taylor were officers and owners of a Troy, Mich.,
company called Vertay Industries, which owned 50 percent of the
landfill operations.
   The Kim-Stan landfill, located on the outskirts of Clifton
Forge, shut down in May 1990 when Judge Byrd ordered it closed and
cleaned up at the request of Terry.
   About two months later, Terry requested the Virginia State
Police to assist her office in an investigation into possible
criminal conduct in the operation of the landfill.  She made the
request after Kim-Stan President Jerry Wharton alleged that Stover
had left Kim-Stan with debts of $1.8 million and no money to clean
up the environmental damage.  The investigation resulted in today's
convictions.
   By pleading "no contest," Stover cannot have today's criminal
conviction used against him as an admission of guilt in any civil
trial in which he might subsequently be involved.
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