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Owner of Superfund site gets a year in prison

The owner of a former Port Jefferson Station aeronautics company was sentenced to serve a year and a day in prison for dumping tons of hazardous chemicals at what is now one of Long Island's most notorious toxic waste sites, federal court officials said Friday. Gerald Cohen, chief executive of Lawrence Aviation Industries, was ordered to pay $105,816 in restitution. He may also face fines, a matter...

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