BREAKING NEWS | 4th defendant in oil field waste dumping case to plead

CLEVELAND — A fourth defendant charged with violating the Clean Water Act in the dumping of oil field waste into a Mahoning River tributary is scheduled for arraignment and a plea hearing in federal court.

Mark A. Goff, 46, of Newton Falls, an employee of Hardrock Excavating LLC, will appear at 10 a.m. April 14 before U.S. District Judge Donald C. Nugent.

Unlike the other three defendants, Hardrock; its owner, Ben Lupo, 63, of Springfield Township; and another of Lupo’s employees, Michael P. Guesman, 35, of Cortland, Goff was charged in an information, which means he waived his right to be indicted by a grand jury.

Lupo has pleaded guilty and awaits sentencing at 10 a.m. June 16.

Guesman pleaded guilty and was sentenced to three years’ probation and 300 hours of community service.

The case against Hardrock is pending.

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