Motion to dismiss denied in Route 6/10 contaminated fill case

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) — A Providence Superior Court justice ruled Friday to reject a company’s motion to dismiss a case that implicates the company in illegally dumping thousands of tons of contaminated fill during construction of Route 6/10 interchange.

Massachusetts-based Barletta Heavy Division and its employee Dennis Ferreira will be prosecuted in the case, according to the decision of Justice Maureen B. Keough.

The defendants filed their motion to dismiss pursuant to Rule 9.1 of Rhode Island Superior Court Rules of Criminal Procedure.

They alleged that the state lacked probable case when the case was charged by way of criminal information.

“As alleged in the information, the defendants used the 6/10 site as an environmental dumping ground, and worse yet, they made Rhode Island a dumping ground for Massachusetts waste,” said Attorney General Neronha.

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