OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - A western Nebraska man has been sentenced to nearly three years in federal prison for illegally dumping hazardous waste at sites around south-central Nebraska.
Edward Miller, 44, was a resident of Sidney in October 2017 when he loaded a truck and flatbed trailer with pesticides and other chemicals from a warehouse at Renkoski Property Development in Sidney, federal prosecutors said in a news release Monday. Investigators said Miller then drove east and dumped the chemicals at three undeveloped sites along a county road south of Aurora.
Federal Environmental Protection Agency investigators said Miller did not have a permit to dump the waste.
In addition to 33 months in federal prison, Miller also was sentenced Monday to three years of probation upon his release and ordered to pay $25,471 in restitution.
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