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SteveD, aka Hemi-Roid

Clearly your public school education has failed you due to your obvious lack of ability to perform the simplest of research on any topic. You use that lack of education to try to spin things and not tell the entire story. Had you done any research you would have seen this:

FYI

WARWICK BEACON, Thursday, December 17, 1998 Pg. 13

Cote cleared in gas-dumping charge

Robert Cote, the owner of Pro-divers, Inc. on 2442 West Shore Rd., has been cleared of charges that he dumped 30 gallons of gasoline into his septic tank.

A statewide grand jury ruled that there wasn’t enough evidence to charge Cote for the alleged crime. On April 30 this year, a fire started in a sink at the shop. Cote said he was outside tying to get a small boat to start and he suspected that there was water in the gasoline. Cote said he took a small container of the fuel into his shop to investigate, and upon walking in saw that he had a customer. He placed the container in a sink near a hot water tank.

Cote said the tank has a pilot light, and that must have been what ignited the fuel in the sink. Cote said he and two customers were able to put the fire out.

“We put the fire out. It took about 30 seconds”, Cote stated.

Then the fire department arrived. An inspector said he smelled gasoline, and the Department of Environmental Management was called in.

“The only damage that occurred was when the DEM came in with a Sawzall,” Cote said. The DEM ripped out the pipes that they thought could be used as evidence against Cote to prove he had dumped up to 30 gallons of gasoline down his drain.

Cote noted that the boat he was working on could not carry 30 gallons of gasoline, and also that 30 gallons of gasoline would weigh about 260 pounds – more weight than he could easily carry back to his shop.

Now, why wasn’t I charged Steve?

1. Cyn environmental pumped the cesspool by demand of the WFD. Samples were sent to several labs for analysis including DEM and EPA. Results – NO EVIDENCE OF HYDROCARBONS OR PETROLEUM DISTILLATES IN PLUMBING OR CESSPOOL.

2. The photos clearly showed a 3 gallon gas tank in the 12 foot inflatable boat and a melted small plastic container in the basin sink. Photos further indicated no damage to the surrounding plastic and walls.

3. During the Grand Jury investigation several people testified how Cote was targeted by the WFD after being outspoken publicly on the WFD “Dive Team” lack of training which was directly attributable to the death of 4 Warwick residents.

4. Testimony from the Health Dept. indicating false statements by the WFD stating that my compressor and breathing air system was contaminated from the flash fire and my license to sell compressed air should be rescinded. The air was tested by the Health Dept. and was found to be quality breathing air with zero contaminants.

5. Then there was the small issue of DEM attempting to extort $15000 from my public liability policy.

See Steve, there is an old saying: If you keep your mouth shut one can only assume you are a moron. As soon as you open it, you remove all doubt. You continue to give us examples of that proverb.