A Cheboygan, Mich., mariner was sentenced to 50 months after being found guilty on charges related to the sinking of a boat and polluting the water, a U.S. attorney announced last week.
Wayne T. Duffiney, 60, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Thomas L. Ludington and ordered to pay $57,308.05 in restitution to the Coast Guard.
Duffiney was convicted by a federal jury in April 2009 in Bay City, Mich., on three of four charges stemming from his conduct on May 14-17, 2007.
He was convicted of violating the federal Clean Water Act by discharging pollutants into the navigable waters of the United States; sinking or causing the sinking of the Misty Morning in the navigable channels of Lake Huron; and of failing to mark the sunken vessel with navigation aids after it was sunk in the navigation channel of Lake Huron.
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