Posted on 03/13/2009 1:48:15 AM PDT by jsh3180
The U.S. Marshals Service on Thursday took custody of a Utah environmental crimes fugitive after he underwent facial surgery for injuries he suffered when Florida Keys authorities shot him, state officials said.
Larkin Baggett, 53, remained in critical condition at Jackson Memorial Hospital, two days after authorities shot him in the neck and buttocks when he alledgedly pointed an assault rifle at Monroe County Sheriff's Office deputies and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) officers who went to an 11th Street trailer in Marathon where he was living to arrest him.
Meanwhile, state investigators on Thursday continued to
try to determine how many times Baggett was shot, how many shots were fired, which agency's bullets him
where, etc. Officers from both agencies fired pistol rounds at Baggett, said Kathy Smith, special agent supervisor with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. Witnesses reported hearing as many as 12 shots fired.
Baggett was wanted on an EPA warrant out of Salt Lake City for not appearing in court in spring 2008 on charges of illegally treating and disposing of hazardous waste and illegally discharging acidic chemical wastes into the sewer system, according to a wanted poster on the EPA Web site.
Baggett pleaded not guilty to the charges in September 2007 and told the Salt Lake Tribune the charges were based on the complaints of "a disgruntled employee who was trying to extort money from me.
"The whole thing to me is blown way out of proportion," he told the newspaper.
The two charges carry a maximum jail sentence of three years, according to the EPA. Each remaining count carries a five-year-maximum sentence.
Utah prosecutors alleged that Baggett, who owned and operated Chemical Consultants Inc., and his employees were dumping barrels of chemicals into the sewer via a drain in his former facility and into the paved alley behind it.
Among the chemicals that went into the public sewers were 49 percent hydrofluoric acid, muriatic acid, hydrochloric acid, sulfuric acid, xylene and toluene, according to a Monroe County Sheriff's Office press release issued Thursday. They were mixed to make truck wash acid aluminum brightener, truck wash soap, fuel conditioner and other products.
The EPA wanted poster lists Baggett as armed and dangerous stemming from the amount of weapons in his possession during his 2007 arrest. Officers in Marathon found an arsenal that included assault rifles, handguns and at least 3,000 rounds of ammunition in his trailer and truck.
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A veritable swat team of 43 local, state and federal law enforcement agents came down on this guy early Wednesday on the South end of Marathon, Florida Keys. They don't even know how many shots they fired, who hit him. I guess one of these days the EPA will get around to updating their "Most Wanted EPA Fugitives" web page to show Baggett as captured. It's still showing him as "wanted, may be armed and dangerous". Hell they even have a WANTED poster.
http://www.epa.gov/fugitives/
Name: Baggett, Larkin Alias: Sex: Male Race: White Date of Birth: 04/12/1955 Place of Birth: Height: 5’10” Weight: 260 lbs Eyes: Green Hair: Brown Scars/Tattoos: FBI #: 678691TC3 NIC #: W984245199 Last Known Address: Salt Lake City, Utah Case Summary: • Baggett, owner and operator of Chemical Consultants Inc., was charged in the District of Utah. • Baggett's alleged violations include: o Illegally treating and disposing of hazardous waste o Illegally discharging acidic chemical wastes into a sewer system • Baggett fled the jurisdiction prior to trial. • Baggett remains at large and is believed to be in Utah. Due to the large amount of weapons in his possession at the time of his arrest, he may be armed and dangerous.
Those are some ugly acids. At least a couple of them could eat right through shoes.
How long before the EEOC had armed offices to arrest business owners?
It sounds like this guy ran a truck wash or made a line of car cleaning products
and every Barney Fife in the Keys took a shot at him
.
It seems that he and his wife and their bubbas have been using the school district credit cards to avoid paying sales tax (or paying at all in his wife's case) on lots of personal purchases and he refuses to give up the records
.
“toluene”
huff huff baby
You got that right Elle. My wife is a Special Ed teacher at Key West High. This credit card thing is going to take down a bunch of people in the school system. Newest thing my wife told me yesterday is hundreds of Blackberrys purchased on the school board (our taxes) dime. They are trying to locate where they all are.
Depends on the strength. Half of em you can buy at Home Depot.
Some of the EPA regs are beyond stupid. I knew a guy, worked out of an old factory. He just rented. It had a smoke stack that he didn’t use, at all. Every year he had to pay a certified EPA contractor to sit and watch the smoke stack for ‘visible emissions’. Five grand. I asked the guy who in the EPA thought this up, he said he did. He was retired now and started his own company to certify his previous regulation.
Nice.
This is very common now in regulatory agencies where they make regulations and then retire and start companies dealing with their regulations.
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