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Cascino off again; back in court Aug. 26

Aug 13, 2016 12:18 am
Diane Valden reports in The Columbia Paper that convicted felon and serial scofflaw Salvatore Cascino did not comply with court orders and was given yet another chance. "Cascino, 76, of Larchmont in Westchester County, has been racking up violations of federal, state and town laws for the past 18 years for illegal dumping, building, and excavating on his property along the east side of state Route 22," in Copake, Valden writes. On Aug. 8 before Acting Supreme Court Judge Jonathan Nichols, Cascino was an hour late, was missing required documentation, and his own attorney questioned the validity of his receipts that claimed to show he hauled away the waste in question as ordered. Cascino was found guilty of criminal and civil contempt in February, with the judge ordering 60 days in the Columbia County Jail, that he pay fines, and fix some of the ecological messes on his property. This time, the judge ordered a hearing for 9 a.m. August 26. “I can’t believe there is a question in anyone’s mind that I won’t incarcerate for not complying. Make no mistake that is a large and real possibility,” the judge said, as he was letting Cascino go again. Read the full story in The Columbia Paper.