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Burnet County takes aim at illegal dumpers

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Contributed/Burnet County Judge James Oakley
Burnet County officials contracted with a Fort Worth-based company to haul away eight rusted barrels filled with a dried resin Aug. 28 illegally dumped behind a Joppa Church into the San Gabriel River. The search for a suspect continues. Call Hill Country Area Crime Stoppers at 1-866-756-8477 to offer a tip and become eligible for a reward.

 

 

 

 

 

Connie Swinney
Staff Writer •
Law enforcement officials say illegal dumping cases are piling up in Burnet County.

During the week of Aug. 27, law enforcement reported one state jail felony arrest for illegal dumping on a property just outside Granite Shoals and unveiled two other large-scale dumping indictments – all while crews were in the midst of an un-related cleanup of several barrels illegally dumped behind a church in Joppa.

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