You’ve probably never been quite this angry at your in-laws. The owner of a septic services company in Hawkins County, Tennessee, recently admitted to illegally dumping liquid waste at the end of his former in-laws’ driveway.
The homeowner was tipped off by a phone call from a neighbor, who said the dumping was in progress. When he checked it out, the homeowner recognized the man dumping sewage in his driveway.
The Hawkins County Sheriff’s Office and Hawkins County Emergency Management Agency responded to the scene because the dump took place near a designated watershed. The pumper signed a document admitting guilt, and now there are several other similar incidents currently under investigation.
The Times News did a decent job covering the facts of the incident, but it seems like there’s more to this story.
In other recent news, a plumber in Beaverton, Oregon, allegedly stole more than $17,000 from an elderly woman by using her debit card and coercing her into writing checks for plumbing work that wasn’t taking place.
Cris Brackens was arrested and accused of aggravated identity theft, aggravated first-degree theft, first-degree theft and fraudulent use of a credit card. He told police he hadn’t performed any of the work the 88-year-old woman paid him for.
Brackens allegedly contacted her after finishing a legitimate repair and convinced her more work was needed. He talked her into $4,500 worth of checks and then, after talking her into giving him her debit card, racked up $13,000 in ATM withdrawals.
Police suspect they could uncover additional cases involving Brackens as the investigation continues.
The family of Amari Harley — the toddler who drowned after falling into an unsecured septic tank at a city park in Jacksonville, Florida — has reached a settlement in a lawsuit against the contractor responsible for septic maintenance at the park.
The details of the settlement aren’t public, but lawyers say a separate lawsuit against the city is still in the works.
“We did resolve the case with Environmental Remediation Services, who was one of the city contractors,” attorney Kay Harper Williams tells The Florida Times-Union. “We have resolved the initial lawsuit, and we will proceed with filing a separate lawsuit against the city in the preventable death. His family would have agreed, and the family was involved in that process. There is still a case coming.”
