DAYTON -- A Dayton homeowner is fighting back against illegal dumping.
"This has been going on since last summer and this just sort of seems like people think this is a good place to put their garbage," said Veronica Charlton, a homeowner.
As Charlton shows us around her front yard, we found roofing shingles, tires, garbage and the latest dumping: old dirty carpet.
But after a year of people throwing garbage in her yard, she set up cameras, and finally caught someone.
"I noticed someone was backing up in the yard, and then it looked like this shadow was starting to pull things out and I just couldn't believe that they would actually do that while I was here at home," she said.
The surveillance video from Sunday night shows a truck drive by Charlton's home, turn off its lights, and back up into the yard.
At that point, you can see a vague shadow get out of the truck and walk to the back and then start unloading the garbage.
"I went running outside and was yelling at them and apparently it just scared them away," said Charlton.
She's been trying to get rid of the mess already in her yard from the past year, but it costs $100 per truckload, and now the new pile will cost her even more.
"Just what they put out here is gonna cost me around $400," she said. "Who does have that kind of money these days? So things are tight and you just have to do what you have to do."
Veronica plans to keep her cameras up and rolling at all times, to finally catch the bad guys.
"I'd like to be able to go to work and know that when I come home I'm going to find it like the way I left," said Charlton.
If caught illegally dumping, you face a fine of up to $1,000, or six months in jail.
To report someone, call the City of Dayton at 333-2677.
"This has been going on since last summer and this just sort of seems like people think this is a good place to put their garbage," said Veronica Charlton, a homeowner.
As Charlton shows us around her front yard, we found roofing shingles, tires, garbage and the latest dumping: old dirty carpet.
But after a year of people throwing garbage in her yard, she set up cameras, and finally caught someone.
"I noticed someone was backing up in the yard, and then it looked like this shadow was starting to pull things out and I just couldn't believe that they would actually do that while I was here at home," she said.
The surveillance video from Sunday night shows a truck drive by Charlton's home, turn off its lights, and back up into the yard.
At that point, you can see a vague shadow get out of the truck and walk to the back and then start unloading the garbage.
"I went running outside and was yelling at them and apparently it just scared them away," said Charlton.
She's been trying to get rid of the mess already in her yard from the past year, but it costs $100 per truckload, and now the new pile will cost her even more.
"Just what they put out here is gonna cost me around $400," she said. "Who does have that kind of money these days? So things are tight and you just have to do what you have to do."
Veronica plans to keep her cameras up and rolling at all times, to finally catch the bad guys.
"I'd like to be able to go to work and know that when I come home I'm going to find it like the way I left," said Charlton.
If caught illegally dumping, you face a fine of up to $1,000, or six months in jail.
To report someone, call the City of Dayton at 333-2677.