THE EXAMINER NEWS: MENTION OF CROTON, VERPLANK, TOWN OF CORTLANDT--EX TOWN FOREMAN, BUSINESS OWNER INDICTED IN ILLEGAL DUMPING SCHEME

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Ex-Town Foreman, Business Owner Indicted in Illegal Dumping Scheme
July 27, 2022--Rick Pezzullo

A former longtime Town of Cortlandt employee and owner of a prominent Peekskill-based landscaping company were indicted last week in federal court for an alleged illegal dumping and bribery scheme at a town facility on Arlo Lane.

The seven-count indictment against Robert Dyckman, 51, former Assistant General Foreman in Cortlandt’s Department of Environmental Service Highway Division, and Glenn Griffin, 53, owner, president and principal of Griffin’s Landscaping Corporation, was announced July 21 by Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Michael Driscoll, the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

“As alleged, Robert Dyckman, a former Town of Cortlandt employee, used his position of trust to enrich himself by allowing Glenn Griffin to dump unauthorized materials at the town’s facility, which will cost the town as much as $1.5 million to clean up,” Williams stated. “Griffin is also alleged to have defrauded the Village of Croton-on-Hudson and the hamlet of Verplanck in a separate bid rigging scheme. MORE AT 

https://www.theexaminernews.com/ex-town-foreman-business-owner-indicted-in-illegal-dumping-scheme/

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