| Gervais property owner gets one-year sentence
A Gervais man on whose property were found thousands of stolen items was sentenced Monday to a year in prison on federal charges. Ivan Cam, 42, will serve a year in prison after he pleaded guilty Aug. 16 to violating the Clean Water Act, said Assistant U.S. Attorney Scott Kerin, who prosecuted the case. Cam appeared in federal court in Portland and was sentenced to a year in prison and one year of supervised release by U.S. District Court Judge Garr M. King, Kerin said. He also was fined nearly $40,000. Cam was convicted of illegally excavating in the wetlands near his home on Mount Angel-Gervais Road. Cam was the first to be prosecuted for a wetlands violation case in Oregon, Kerin said. In the federal case, Cam repeatedly violated the Clean Water Act by digging ditches, trenches and drains in the land around his 10-acre property, federal court records showed.
Is Your Drinking Water Safe?
ScienceDaily (Feb. 29, 2008) Lake Bloomington is a major source of drinking water for residents of Bloomington, IL, and has a history of nitrate concentrations that exceed safe levels. Because Lake Bloomington has a record of elevated nitrate levels, local residents are concerned over their drinking water quality. .
Jersey home witness 'intimidated'
An ex-worker at the former children's home in Jersey at the centre of a child abuse inquiry has been intimidating a witness, police have revealed. Deputy police chief Lenny Harper warned anyone who approaches witnesses or victims in the case that they may be perverting the course of justice. He also said it could take weeks to establish the facts about a child's skull found at Haut de La Garenne. Excavations are continuing at the site as the inquiry enters a second week. Speaking at a press conference in the grounds of Haut de La Garenne, Mr Harper said officers had substantiated "to some degree" claims a former worker at the home approached a victim and told them to keep quiet. Excavations "I can't emphasise too much that anyone approaching victims or witnesses in this case could well be found to be perverting the course of justice," he warned.
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