ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A Texas man will be headed to prison for dumping large truckloads full of hazardous chemicals across the Albuquerque area.
A judge sentenced Daniel Winard for unlawfully dumping a large amount of laboratory-grade cyanide and other chemicals in nine locations in the Albuquerque area without a state or federal permit.
According to court documents, Daniel Winard found the chemicals on a property he inherited from a retired chemist. According to the Justice Department, Winard learned from local government officials that the proper process was going to be expensive – and dumped the chemicals himself…