Crime & Safety

Missouri, Iowa Shops Admit To Conspiring With Colorado Company To Illegally Alter Emissions Systems On Dozens Of Diesel Trucks

The illegal modifications violated the Clean Air Act, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Colorado.

Elite Diesel Service’s facility in Windsor.
Elite Diesel Service’s facility in Windsor. (CBS)

By Logan Smith, CBS Denver:

(CBS4) — Denver-based federal prosecutors have negotiated plea deals with representatives of two out-of-state diesel repair shops which had the alleged help of a Colorado business for several years while the three performed emissions “delete jobs” on the engines of nearly one hundred large diesel trucks.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado (USACO) made the announcement in mid-April that ownership of Endrizzi Diesel of Bolivar, Missouri, and Pro Diesel Inc. of Des Moines, Iowa, reached plea agreements with its prosecutors.

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