Benjamin Eugene Dagley, who local police say is the man seen angrily confronting MSNBC correspondent Shaquille Brewster during live coverage of Hurricane Ida in Mississippi, was also charged in Ohio in 2017 for nearly causing what one Cleveland newspaper described as a “potential environmental disaster.”
Benjamin Eugene Dagley… was also charged in Ohio in 2017 for nearly causing what one Cleveland newspaper described as a “potential environmental disaster.”
Could he have also caused the natural disaster Hurricane Ida?
A $5000 fine is pretty light, considering how awful the substances used by plating facilities are. Unless this guy was extremely lucky and none of the chemicals got into soil or groundwater as a result of his actions, he bought himself a share of financial responsibility for any future cleanup at that business.
It seems to me that the judicial system was a little too generous with Mr. Dagley who, as former proprietor of the business, had every reason to know the magnitude of the danger he was trying to create.
I’d say he shoulda been spending some time inside rather than driving around Gulfport.
Dagley was sentenced to five years on probation and 30 days in jail; ordered to undergo anger management; and forced to pay $15,370 in restitution and a $5,000 fine.
WTF? This sounds more like the sentence you’d get for assaulting the reporter, not for trying to poison thousands of people.