ALBANY (AP) -- Federal authorities say an upstate New York man has admitted to conspiring to violate the Clean Water Act and lying to government agents about dumping debris in wetlands near the Mohawk River.
According to prosecutors, Julius DeSimone, of Rome, pleaded guilty this week in federal court to two felony counts and could face up to five years in prison for helping dump 8,100 tons of pulverized construction and demolition debris from New York and New Jersey at a farmer's property in Frankfort.
Court documents say he and others concealed the illegal dumping by fabricating a state permit.
Prosecutors say the 1.3-acre site in Frankfort, where DeSimone managed excavation and dumping, was shut down in 2006.
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