Danbury Man Caught Pumping Waste into Storm Drain: Police

DANBURY, CT -- Three men were apprehended by police while pumping waste into a storm drain, the News Times is reporting.

Police were called to a home on Lawncrest Road Saturday evening by a neighbor. They discovered the men had dug a hole and pumped out the waste from the 1,000- to- 1,500- gallon septic tank into the storm drain.

Francisco Tomas Vidal of Danbury, Oscar Anselmo Hernandez-Jimenez of Spring Valley, and Pablo Pintado Penaloza of New York City were charged with illegally dumping hazardous waste, criminal mischief in the third degree and breach of peace.

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