Journal Staff Reports
LISBON A Wellsville man was sentenced to prison for illegally dumping 26 barrels of liquid waste in Yellow Creek Township.
Timothy A. Patrick, 36, of Sixth Street, was sentenced to two years in a state prison by county Common Pleas Court Megan Bickerton after he previously pleaded guilty to illegal open dumping of solid wastes and illegal transportation or disposal of hazardous wastes.
He was also ordered to make restitution in the amount of $5,242 to the U.S. Coast Guard for cleaning up the spill and $1,000 each to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation for investigating the incident, with the expenses split with Christopher L. Joy.