A former Albuquerque, New Mexico, resident faces up to two years of prison time for the illegal disposal of highly dangerous chemicals in the area, according to KRQE.
Daniel Winard, who currently lives in Texas, had inherited property in New Mexico from a scientist, only to discover a significant amount of hazardous waste still on the property. After learning that legal methods of discharge were prohibitively expensive, Winard inexplicably decided to instead dump the chemicals — which included cyanide, yellow phosphorus, calcium carbide, and thionyl chloride — at nine locations in the Albuquerque area without a permit. This resulted in both the city and Bernalillo County picking up a tab of nearly $200,000 for the resulting contamination.
Winard was arrested and sentenced to prison, per KRQE; upon his release, he will be subject to three years of supervised release and must pay $9,527.55 in restitution…