(SUSSEX COUNTY, Del.) - Craig Davidson is not happy about a big collection of junk and trash on the side of the road near his home in Frankford.
Surveillance photos show someone dumping the garbage last night just after 10 pm. Sussex County officials have been aware of this problem for years.
Davidson believes this illegal dumping is all about laziness.
He said, "It's just easier to come back here and do it, not have to pay the dumps. I think they should be caught. They should be publicized, just like they do drunk drivers."
Davidson believes the dumping is not only an eyesore, but it's impacting his daily life.
"It's affecting the drainage in the ditches. we just had this ditch cleaned out two weeks ago. They took four dump truck loads of couches, TV's, and tires out of it. DNREC did that, to their credit, " said Davidson.
Delaware State Representative as Ruth Briggs-King has been pushing for new ways to get rid of the illegally placed trash.
Her ideas include help from prisoners who are assigned to street cleaning, but budget cuts and the recent turmoil in state prisons has limited those opportunities.
Briggs-King said, "As we face challenges in corrections, where we have a shortage of staff and a lot of overtime, do we have the officers who can go out and accompany and do those extra assignments?"
Officials say it is difficult to create news against illegal dumping because of the very nature in which it's done, but Briggs-King says people can do their part by reporting it.
"If they have a cell phone, a picture a tag number of a vehicle if they think it's a commercial hauler," said the state representative.
"You gotta call or it's gonna be a landfill because people don't care," said Davidson.
Late this afternoon, the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control police said they have arrested two men for operating illegal dump sites near Frankford and Dagsboro.