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FISCAL YEAR: 2017
1. PRINCIPAL DEFENDANT: Jaime Patrick Alvarez
C.D. California CR-2016-0049
2. DEFENDANT: Cheerline Marie Young
C.D. California CR-2016-0049
3. DEFENDANT: Cheerline May Young
C.D. California CR-2016-0049
4. DEFENDANT: Darnell Usher
C.D. California CR-2016-0049
5. DEFENDANT: Jermaine Williams
C.D. California CR-2016-0049
6. DEFENDANT: Lavell Davenport
C.D. California CR-2016-0049
7. DEFENDANT: Mario Mesa
C.D. California CR-2016-0049
8. DEFENDANT: Mark Anthony Young
C.D. California CR-2016-0049
9. DEFENDANT: Miguel Angel Espinoza
C.D. California CR-2016-0049
The federal Clean Air Act gives primary responsibility for meeting “ambient air quality” standards for pollutants such as ozone, lead, sulfur dioxide and carbon monoxide to the states. As part of California’s plan to meet these air quality standards, the state’s Bureau of Automotive Repair oversees a vehicle inspection program that requires many vehicles in the state – and in the Los Angeles metropolitan area, where ozone pollution is particularly severe – to undergo an emissions test commonly called a smog check. The Clean Air Act prohibits a person from knowingly making false statements and certifications in relation to programs mandated under the Clean Air Act, which includes the California smog check program.
The defendants were charged with circumventing the smog check program by ‘clean piping’ over 1,300 vehicles that were never tested.
https://www.justice.gov/usao-cdca/pr/9-charged-federal-court-circumventing-smog-check-program-clean-piping-over-1300
June 19, 2017
Mario Mesa was sentenced to serve 9 months of incarceration after pleading guilty to conspiracy to violate the Clean Air Act in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 371.
CITATION: 18 U.S.C. 371
July 31, 2017
Lavell Fay Davenport was sentenced to serve 36 months of probation after pleading guilty to conspiracy to violate the Clean Air Act in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 371.
CITATION: 18 U.S.C. 371
July 31, 2017
Darnell Tyrone Usher was sentenced to serve 60 months of probation and pay a $250 fine after pleading guilty to conspiracy to violate the Clean Air Act in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 371.
CITATION: 18 U.S.C. 371
August 7, 2017
Jaime Patrick Alvarez was sentenced to serve 24 months of probation after pleading guilty to conspiracy to violate the Clean Air Act in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 371.
CITATION: 18 U.S.C. 371
August 7, 2017
Jermaine Elroy Williams was sentenced to serve 4 months of incarceration after pleading guilty to conspiracy to violate the Clean Air Act in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 371.
CITATION: 18 U.S.C. 371
August 14, 2017
Cheerline May Young was sentenced to serve 36 months of probation and a $300 fine after pleading guilty to conspiracy to violate the Clean Air Act in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 371.
CITATION: 18 U.S.C. 371
September 11, 2017
Miguel Angel Espinoza was sentenced to serve 24 months of probation after pleading guilty to conspiracy to violate the Clean Air Act in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 371.
CITATION: 18 U.S.C. 371
April 16, 2018
Cheerline Marie Young was sentenced to serve 19 days in custody followed by one year of supervised release.
CITATION: 18 U.S.C. 1018
April 23, 2018
Mark Anthony Young was sentenced to serve 24 months of probation.
CITATION: 18 U.S.C. 1018
STATUTE:
- Title 18 U.S. Criminal Code (TITLE 18)
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