Leo the litterbug,ugh
In 1990 he was convicted of obstruction of justice and resigned from The
Florida Bar. On September 1, 1999 Mr. Greenfield was individually charged by the
State of Florida with "littering" in violation of Fla. Stat.403.413(4), a class
three felony with a maximum penalty of five years imprisonment and possibly up
to a $5,000 fine, based on a claim that 22 barrels of liquid material were
pumped from a ground storage tank during construction of the facility by the
contractor and during the time that Mr. Greenfield was not an officer or
director of the Company. They were temporarily stored in a fenced-off alley
adjoining the Company's property. These barrels and the material were disposed
of in accordance with the requirements and approval of DERM and all
environmental regulations three months prior to the charges being made and. Mr.
Greenfield denied any violation of such statute or wrongdoing of any kind;
however, in order to dispose of the charge, Mr. Greenfield entered a plea of
nolle contendre on March 21, 2000, without an adjudication, and the Company paid
the County's expenses of approximately $12,500.