MI Man Gary ‘Green Ooze’ Sayers Reports To Prison Tells Judge ‘Embarrassed To Be Felon’

WARREN, MI. (THECOUNT) — Gary Sayers, the man whose electroplating services company is responsible for the “green ooze,” aka, hexavalent chromium, leaked on to I-696 in Madison Heights in November, has reported to federal prison.

Prison records show Sayers, 77, is located at the federal prison in Morgantown, W.V.

In November, Sayers pleaded guilty to one count of illegally storing hazardous materials at Electroplating Services on 10 Mile Rd in Madison Heights, Michigan.

Last month, the green ooze starting leaking out on the highway. Officials determined the ooze was hexavalent chromium.

“He stands before this Honorable Court contrite, humbled, and embarrassed to be a convicted felon. He feels the stigma of being labeled as such at this late age. He is proud of his country and now feels branded as a felon for the rest of his life and shamed with no hope of expungement,” his attorney write in a sentencing memorandum filed in federal court, reports WXYZ.

“He is 77 years old and has lost his business which was the vehicle of his criminality. A term of incarceration is not necessary to protect the public here,” his attorney added.

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Geo quick facts: Madison Heights is a city in Oakland County in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is a suburb of Detroit. As of the 2010 census, its population was 29,694 – Wikipedia.