A Springfield Twp. man reported coming across two males along Scott Lake Road. on July 18. The witness said the men were attaching the tailgate to their pick-up truck when he asked them if they had been dumping garbage in the surrounding wetlands. The men said they had not and sped away. The responding officer found receipts and invoices in the heap, which included a treadmill, linking the garbage to the owner. The owner told police he was going to fined by Rose Township for having the garbage and he could not afford to take the refuse to a dump.
The men were issued tickets for dumping and they agreed to remove the waste immediately.