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Former owners of bankrupt Shoosmith Landfill in Chesterfield indicted, listed as fugitives

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Former owners of the inactive, bankrupt Shoosmith Landfill in Chesterfield County have been indicted and are wanted by authorities, according to court records, as state officials investigate a leachate release from the site in early August.

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  1. WRIC Richmond

    Former owners of bankrupt Shoosmith Landfill in Chesterfield indicted, listed as fugitives (opens WRIC Richmond)

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    Former owners of the inactive, bankrupt Shoosmith Landfill in Chesterfield County have been indicted and are wanted by authorities, according to court records, as state officials investigate a leachate release from the site in early August.

  2. Richmond Times-Dispatch

    UPDATED: Former Shoosmith Landfill owners indicted on felony charges (opens Richmond Times-Dispatch)

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    Fred Gerald Nichols and Paul Lawrence McGee have been charged with unlawfully abandoning a waste facility, a class 4 felony punishable by up to 10 years in prison.

  3. Richmond Times-Dispatch

    Ex-owners indicted, listed as fugitives (opens Richmond Times-Dispatch)

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    SHOOSMITH LANDFILL