Dozens Of Tires Dumped In Cemetery
Police Expect To Make Arrest Soon
PHILADELPHIA - Tires are dumped in a local cemetery and the alleged culprit is caught on camera.
Police say this isn't the first time the main suspect has been caught in the act by surveillance cameras, reported Fox 29's Sharon Crowley.
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The latest incident happened at the Oakland Cemetery in Northeast Philadelphia.
A worker there says he pulled out his cell phone and started taking pictures of a man that he says was illegally dumping nearly 60 tires in the back of the cemetery.
The worker says he confronted the man who told him the tires "accidentally" fell off his truck.
Police say the man dumping at the cemetery is the same person trashing a Fishtown neighborhood.
In the video, the man quickly unloaded tire after tire. In less then a minute, he disappeared and left two dozen tires in his wake.
Police say they know the suspect's name and are close to arresting him.