Principle Metals owner gets prison term

Mar 20, 2013 | 01:41 PM | Lisa Gordon

Tags  scrap, recycler, Principle Metals, Bret Simpson, oil spill, Lisa Gordon

PITTSBURGH — The owner of a recycling operation in Washington has been jailed for causing thousands of gallons of oil to spill into the Columbia River.

Bret A. Simpson, owner of Ellensburg, Wash.-based Principle Metals LLC, has been sentenced to four months in prison, eight months of home arrest, 100 hours of community service and three years of supervised release.....





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