Attorney General Kathleen G. Kane Wednesday announced charges against former Camp Hill Borough Manager Gary Kline for allegedly allowing millions of gallons of untreated sewage to be discharged into the Conodoquinet Creek and the Yellow Breeches Creek.
An investigation by the Attorney General's Environmental Crimes Unit revealed that for a period of six years during high volume rain events, Gary Kline allegedly authorized unpermitted sewage discharges.
Gary Kline, 46, 512 Barbara Drive, Mechanicsburg, Cumberland County, is charged with several violations of the Clean Streams Law, the Solid Waste Management Act and the Fish and Boat Code, including: two counts of unlawful conduct; one count of prohibition against other pollution; one count of sewage discharges, one count of pollution of waters and one count of unlawful conduct - illegal dumping.
Kline surrendered on November 4 before Magisterial District Judge Richard Dougherty. He was preliminarily arraigned and released on his own recognizance. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for November 11.
Attorney General Kane thanked the Department of Environmental Protection for its assistance with the investigation.
The case will be prosecuted in Cumberland County by Senior Deputy Attorney General Brian Coffey of the Attorney General's Environmental Crimes Unit.
A person charged with a crime is presumed innocent until proven guilty.