Atlanta Man Receives Jail Time for Illegal Asbestos Removal

On July 27, 2007, Dylan Starnes, an employee of the Atlanta-based Environmental Contracting Company, was sentenced to 33 months in prison and three years of probation for improperly removing asbestos from a low-income public housing project on St. Thomas in the Virgin Islands.

In addition to the jail sentence, Starnes must also pay for the cost of medical surveillance required for any people who were exposed to the asbestos.