>This would've hit right before he called his buddy the GM at The Standard. You know, the one who coincidentally died in a chopper crash, not to long afterwards.
Wasn't this related to them dissolving the body and then dumping the chemicals?
Operators of the Standard Hotel in downtown Los Angeles agreed Tuesday to plead guilty to a charge of negligent discharge of pollutants and pay more than $370,000 after a hotel employee dumped pool chemicals down a rooftop drain last year, causing several people to become ill, the U.S. attorney’s office announced.
On Jan. 18, 2009, a maintenance worker poured chlorine and muriatic acid into a storm drain atop the trendy hotel, located at 550 S. Flower Street.
The mix of chemicals created a cloud of noxious gas found its way into a nearby Metro station about 6:30 a.m. the following day.
At least two people became ill from the fumes, and an L.A. County sheriff’s deputy reported experiencing a burning sensation in his eyes and lungs. The intersection of 6th and Flower streets was closed for several hours as gas continued to escape from the storm drain system.
https://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2010/03/standard-hotel-pleads-guilty-to-dumping-pool-chemicals-down-rooftop-drain.html
http://archive.is/wip/uUmRT