all right Sean that's coming up at 6:00
now here at five and a well cared for
neighborhood this house on Detroit's
West Side has become a dumping ground
overwhelmed with problems the blade has
caused neighbors to call help me Hank
our consumer investigator Hank
Winchester is live this evening and Hank
this was a huge problem
Carrie Devon a gigantic problem in this
neighborhood the home is boarded up that
is the good news but this was a huge
issue the driveway here behind me a tire
stacked so high you couldn't even see
the garage well now those tires they've
been taken away I've lived here for a
while and I've never seen this property
look like this tires on tires on tires
this may look like a junkyard or the
back of an auto shops garage but it's
just a regular neighborhood on the west
side and the people that live nearby
they try to keep the street looking
clean but they cannot keep up with this
growing mess and I try to keep it nice
but that's why I'd be fussing about this
trash and if you don't respect where you
live at then it's gonna be it's a
problem really frustrated with all the
blight worried about the rats coming
from the bottom of the pile they called
help me Hank to get the job done I'm
just hoping that somehow in some way
that they come along and clean it up we
called the city of Detroit a crew was
there to check it out but this wasn't
your average blight issue the home
privately owned the city not allowed to
step foot on the property but that's
where a unique group of men come in
we work closely with the Department of
neighborhoods for the city of Detroit
and they give us the work and we come
out here and we implement and do the
work right Wayde is the director of
probation at the 36th district court the
work program gives defenders that can't
pay their court costs and fines the
opportunity to work them off these men
worked for days in the cold and the snow
removing those tires we're glad that we
can make our contribution by removing
all these tires but I wanted to know who
created this big mess when we called for
the cleanup lieutenant Rebecca McKay
with the Detroit Police came along two
neighbors tell me once every few weeks
they would hear a dump truck in the
middle of the night there's probably a
bad actor somewhere in this area a tire
shop and it's a shame that they would
save a buck and put the health and
welfare of the community on the line so
what do you do if someone is illegally
dumping in your neighborhood police say
keep a safe distance try to get a
license plate number a description of
the vehicle and report it to the
improved Detroit app and these neighbors
have a message for those illegal dumpers
Treacher you know our community like you
would your home think about how you can
take care of it and make it better
but we're happy to see this neighborhood
a little bit cleaner than it was before
it's real nice and the way you guys made
those tires moving moved my head I think
God for you all and if I had to call you
guys I know it wouldn't have happened so
I'm appreciative for help me ain't
coming out and taking the time out you
know just to be a part of beautifying
our neighborhood back out here live
always glad to help and we want to help
Detroit police because this
investigation is ongoing if you have any
information about who may be responsible
for dumping the tires in this
neighborhood please give DPD a call
we're live here tonight on the west side
Hank Winchester back to you Hank any
word on who owns that house and are they
being held responsible for this yeah
Karen we've learned that the owners
actually live in California they've been
ticketed over the years for this issue
even though they may not be responsible
for dumping the tires they've done
nothing and haven't reached out to
police or the city to try to deal with
the issue so they are in fact the
racking up fines as this investigation
moves forward also be responsible for
your own property that's right all right
Thank You Hank