According to Marc Lowry, spokesperson for the New York State Department of Environmental Protection, the search warrant was issued stemming from a complaint filed in March.

        Lowry said that Daniel McKillen resides at the Stuyvesant address and operates a business called Glaze-Tech Refinishing, a company which specializes in the restoration of porcelain fixtures such as bathtubs and sinks. One of the chemicals listed on the search warrant was Hydrofluoric acid, a strong corrosive agent used to etch glass and metals. Investigators also searched for evidence of the dumping of other substances including solvents, paints and glazes.

        In addition to state investigators, the members of the Suffolk County District Attorneys Environmental Crime Unit, the county Department of Health Services, the county Medical Examiners Office, and the county Emergency Services Unit conducted the search upon McKillens property, his vehicle and adjacent vacant properties.

        Clad in special hazardous waste suits, investigators gathered samples from the wooded lot on the south side of McKillens home and from properties across the street. One neighbor, alarmed by the presence of space-suit-like investigators prowling through the woods, hoped that they would not find anything dangerous. My kids play in those woods, she said. They had a tree house right where those men are.

        But McKillen said that the investigation was ridiculous and the samples will prove it. My lawyer is handling this, he said. This whole thing was prompted by some one looking to get me.

        As of press deadline, Bob Clifford, spokesperson for the District Attorneys Office said that none of the lab results of the samples have been completed.