Md. man gets jail time for junky yard

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CAPE ST. CLAIRE, Md. - A man is in jail after Anne Arundel County tried for seven years to get him to clean up the old boats, crab pots and other debris in his backyard.

George Hartsuff was jailed earlier this month for not obeying a July 5 court order to clean debris from his yard. When authorities returned after giving Hartsuff 30 days to clean his yard, they found junk including an Arizona Iced Tea vending machine in the yard.

Anne Arundel County District Court Judge Robert Wilcox sentenced Hartsuff to 60 days in a county jail. If his yard isn't cleaned up by then, he could face more jail time.

"This cycle will keep going until the property is cleaned up," county spokeswoman Tracie Reynolds told The (Annapolis) Capital.

Hartsuff's lawyer, Christopher Flohr, told the newspaper the case was "unfortunate" and that Hartsuff has been working to clean his yard.

"The property had been significantly cleaned up with four full 30-yard Dumpsters of trash taken away," Flohr said in a statement.

Reynolds said the county inspectors have been trying to get Hartsufff to clean his split-level home since 2000. The county first took him to court in 2002.

"It's been ongoing where the site would get cleaned up a bit and it got messy again," she told the newspaper. "But it was never fully brought into compliance."

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figure a 30 yard dumpster = 9' wide x 6' tall x 15' long

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