TOWN OF SOUTHEAST – An investigation into a large quantity of trash and construction debris found illegally dumped on Putnam County property in the Town of Southeast resulted in a Bronx man being cited.
The material included garbage, roofing shingles, car tires, lawn mowers and construction debris.
A deputy and state Encon officer rummaged through one of the bags and found paperwork belonging to a Lake Carmel man, who was located the following day. The man, who was a contractor, had paid an independent contractor to remove waste from a construction site in Yonkers.
That man, Antonio Ortiz-Zayas, 56, of the Bronx, was contacted and met with the officers at the dump site. He told the investigators he thought Barrett road was a free dump site and was issued a littering summons by the deputy and a summons for unlawful disposal by the DEC officer.
The garbage was picked up and removed by Ortiz-Zayas.
