(Decatur County, IN) – Someone recently dumped 13 five-gallon buckets of human waste in a ditch along County Road 500 North between Adams and St. Paul.
After the buckets were discovered, the Adams Township Volunteer Fire Department, the Decatur County Health Department and the Decatur County Highway Department were dispatched to the scene.
The health department crew disposed of the waste and decontaminated the area.
According to Indiana Code, dumping is a Class C infraction punishable by a maximum $1,000 fine.
Anyone with information about the source of the waste is urged to call the Decatur County Health Department at (812) 663-8301.
