PR firm no longer represents D&L Energy


February 13, 2013 at 10:27a.m.

PR firm no longer represents D&L Energy

YOUNGSTOWN — ShaleComm, a public relations and communications firm that has been the mouthpiece for embattled D&L Energy, is no longer representing the company.

In a two-sentence email today, Vince Bevacqua, ShaleComm’s executive vice president, directed further inquiries to a telephone number that is the public relations office of D&L Energy.

State and federal authorities are conducting criminal investigations into the dumping of about 252,000 gallons of drilling waste into a Youngstown storm drain done by employees of Ben W. Lupo, owner of D&L Energy.