Within forty-eight hours, Mason’s quiet suburban street was transformed into a federal hazard zone. Men in white Tyvek suits swarmed Sylvia’s property. Heavy machinery tore up the immaculate lawn she had spent decades perfecting. They unearthed twenty-four steel drums of industrial solvents leaking into the bedrock.
Sylvia was escorted out of her home in handcuffs by federal agents. Because she had actively participated in concealing a massive environmental crime and intentionally transported contaminated soil across property lines, she was facing multiple federal felonies.