Article: Berkeley silversmith jailed on toxic waste charges

A 67-year-old Berkeley man's month in jail on a charge of violating toxic waste laws is encouraging news for city and county officials who want more workplace whistle-blowers to bring them environmental justice cases.

But Gary Reopelle, a silversmith who has owned Monsen Plating on Adeline Street since 1964, said his conviction and time behind bars are the result of overzealous toxic avengers who likely will put him out of business very soon.

Reopelle spent 28 days in Santa Rita county jail in Dublin in September for violating felony probation from a toxic waste dumping conviction in 2003. That conviction was the result of the whistle- blower's actions.

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