TOLEDO, Ohio — A Lucas County judge sentenced a Toledo couple to three months in jail and six months at a correctional facility for illegally transporting and dumping scrap tires, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost announced.
Chad T. Gatter, 35, and Amanda N. Wagner, 36, pleaded guilty to the unclassified felony charges in Lucas County Common Pleas Court.
“These convictions send a clear message that illegal dumping will not be tolerated in our communities,” Yost said. “We will continue to hold accountable those who disregard environmental laws and endanger public health.”
Yost says the nine-month sentence includes three months at the Corrections Center of Northwest Ohio at Stryker and six months at the Lucas County Correctional Treatment Facility in Toledo.
Additionally, the couple will be subject to three years of community control and required to pay restitution to the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency.
According to Yost, the charges stem from the summer of 2022 when Gatter and Wagner illegally hauled more than 2,000 scrap tires from Toledo tire stores without proper authorization from Ohio EPA.