Man dumped 3 tons of human limbs, waste

DECATUR, Ga., Aug. 20 (UPI) -- An Atlanta businessman was sentenced and fined for abandoning more than three tons of human limbs and medical waste at a suburban storage facility.

Christopher Lee, who operated Biotech Corp., was sentenced to 10 years' probation and ordered to pay $14,124 in restitution, including the costs of properly disposing the biowaste, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported.

DeKalb County Superior Court Judge Michael Hancock also forbade Lee from working in the waste-management business during the term of his probation, the newspaper said.

Thermo King Corp., which makes temperature-control systems for trucks, trailers, shipboard containers and railway cars, reported in 2003 Lee had abandoned a trailer at its DeKalb County storage facility, the state Attorney General's Office said.

The trailer was found to contain 292 containers of amputated limbs and organs, chemotherapy waste and soiled dressings and tubes, the Attorney General's office said.

Lee had collected the 6,943 pounds of medical waste at various locations, but failed to deliver it to an appropriate disposal facility, the Journal-Constitution said.