Prison Time for keeper of 250,000 Tires
November 28, 2011 by
Filed under Recycle
Chances are that at some point, you’ve procrastinated by looking for your house on Google Earth. Now we can speculate if Michael Keitt, Jr. of New York ever zoomed in the lot he owns in Calhoun County in rural South Carolina and wondered about the clearly visible, giant pile of tires. Although the lot has no address, it couldn’t have taken him too long: It measures 50 acres and is home to more than 250,000 discarded tires.
The tire pile was first brought to the county’s attention about a year ago. Under normal circumstances, the maximum fine for littering would be $475, but fortunately the state Department of Health and Environmental Control has taken over the case and is pursuing a case against an Easley, SC man, George Fontella Brown, 39. The charges of violating the state’s solid waste act carry four-digit fines and up to a year in prison.
Jim on Tue, 29th Nov 2011 9:36 am
Staggering number of tires to collect – but also amazing that it took so long for someone to notice or object. He can’t have moved them there in the last few weeks, can he.