Recycling companya s conviction wraps up scrap yard sting operation

A South Linden recycling company was fined $50,000 on Monday after pleading guilty to felony charges related to violating scrap-metal purchasing laws. A to Z Recycling Inc., 1465 E. 17th Avenue, is the last of six central Ohio scrap yards to be convicted after being busted in a 2014 undercover operation conducted by Columbus police and the Franklin County sheriff's office.