AUGUSTA – Two dozen buckets recovered from Wilton and Farmington streams have resulted in a $500 reward being offered for information leading to the guilty party’s conviction.
Bright-orange, 5-gallon buckets packed with diapers and other waste have been found dumped into Wilson Stream in Wilton and Temple Stream in Farmington. Twenty-four buckets, a type sold by Home Depot, have been recovered so far. Wardens believe the buckets are being dumped at multiple locations.
Maine Operation Game Thief, a private, non-profit organization that provides rewards for information relating to poaching and other Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife cases, has offered a reward for information relating to the case. According to the Maine Warden Service’s Facebook page, $500 is being offered for information leading to the issuing of summons and a conviction for whoever is dumping buckets.
Anyone with information about the littering is being asked to contact the wardens at 1-800-452-4664.
Why would anyone purchase those buckets and then toss them everywhere? On my street I discovered that somebody threw a big bunch of Butane cans in the ditch , come on people we have to pay for our waste , please keep Maine green. Be responsible!
West Virginia has a great environmental/sign-posted motto: “Only trash litters”.
They found diapers and waste? Wow, this brings back memories of working in the Restrurant back when I was going to school and from time to time found a nice present tucked in the booth/bench, from a very appreciative and considerate mom that just finished freshining up her baby.
Really, the responsible party, (oh my, my bad, I said “responsible” party), couldn’t just keep going a few more miles and dump it at the waste/town dump?
Old school therapy. (Suggestion).
When they are found..
RUB THEIR NOSES IN IT.
Not sure if this works but it would be fun..
I hope Wilson Lake wont be unusable due to E Coli this summer. Disgusting!
While I am very concerned about the buckets, I am even more concerned about the person whose caregiver is doing this. If a person would do such an irresponsible and careless thing, how well are they caring for the person who needs these adult diapers? Not very well, I would say. Some vulnerable person might be living a nightmare.
The state police and the Franklin County Sherriff”s Department should be dealing with this, not the warden service. The warden service is funded by hunting and fishing license fees and not by taxpayer monies. The warden service should be focused on enforcement of fish and game laws
Seems weird…. those buckets cost more than bringing a bag of trash to the dump. And 1 bag of trash would hold like 4 buckets full of nasty diapers. Someone is gross AND stupid.
I know I’m probably wrong but those bright orange buckets should be pretty easy to trace. I’ve never seen any in the places I’ve worked. So put it out there; asking for comments from someone who knows what company uses them; then maybe the nasty person will be caught.
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I have a short story around that. When I was a child and we got a puppy, my dad tried to paper train it by rubbing it’s nose in its mess and then placing it on the papers to finish its business. Well, after a few days of this, the puppy would start to make its mess, stop, rub its own nose in it on its own and the gallop over the papers to finish. Not what father was aiming for.
What about finger prints? If our dump was free, there would be a lot less trash discarded like this.poopy prints should be easy to lift.
Moxie Man…. hilarious! As for the person or persons doing this….wow…not sure what else to say… just wow
If their buying these at Home Depot,can’t the cops check the cameras there?
Actually it all the agencies issue to investigate, the Wardens now have to be even more concerned about the environmental damage done by this “dumper”. When I say environmental I mean the water, the soil, and the fish and other water living creatures, these fish could be consumed by adults, children and water fowl that eat fish.
I don’t know the cost of the dump, but really compared to what now has to be done, and time involved by all agencies, materials, and resources, I would think that just paying the dump fee would have been a lot more cheaper than this.
Just because someone wears adult diapers doesn’t necessarily mean that they automatically have a caregiver or work for a certain company that uses these particular buckets. We could speculate all day long over why this person would do something so heinous. For all we know the person In question may have no indoor plumbing. The buckets cost money, the diapers are expensive….So, that SOMEONE has money and shops at Home Depot. Someone out there must know who this person is.
Wilson Lake could be a great place to swim, just keep the dog and human POO out of it. Oh, lets not forget the poor fish that live in these streams and lakes. Will the fish be safe to eat this year?
Lets spend the $500 reward on a DNA test and end this hunt for the Wilson Stream Diaper Dumper!
As it said at the top of this page. The buckets had diapers still in them when they were found. So hopefully nothing got into the water.Who ever dumped this stuff is a low-life dirt bag….
Over Governed, did you not understand what was said in the article. These buckets are being found in streams, this is the reason the warden service is involved. Inland Fisheries and Wildlife.
Nancy, just because someone may use adult diapers doesn’t mean they are incapacitated.
Lori, there are hundreds of Home Depots, three within 40 miles and each one sells thousands of these buckets. There are hundreds hanging in trees right now catching sap.
Where in the article (or elsewhere) does it say that the diapers are adult diapers?? And if someone just assumed “adult”, why assume that?
Interesting comment Ed: Maybe some folks with large sapping operations in the area should check their buckets … maybe some have gone missing!
To WAIM? I believe they were said to be adult diapers in a previous story (not sure if it was here or on TV).
Also, I thought Wilton had free garbage but from reading other posts I gather it’s not?
Farmington waste disposal is very expensive, I think looking outside the Wilton area may be a good idea also. Maybe ask home health agencies about residents in and around the surrounding area who may be using adult diapers (assuming it’s not an older child?).
*I just looked up the buckets at Home Depot, they are $2.97 a bucket or $260 for 100 of them.
Like stated previously, it would be cheaper to collect them (even in a contractor bag = probably 6-8 buckets worth of diapers) and dispose of the properly.
Either way, whoever is doing this is going to pay big time, it would have been cheaper to bag em’ and dispose of the properly..
Can we have a more precise location as to the buckets were found?
O.K. I think they definitely need to do a DNA TEST! everybody has a good idea. if they do a dna test,will it lead to a person that took care of them? or the relative? or the person who used them? How about the person that put the buckets there? It sounds like the person that put them there may have a problem .They could still be out there driving today! getting rid of there goo. people that have Alzheimer’s would do things like that without knowing it. believe it or not Alzheimer’s is a lot more serious than people think.
WHAT IS WRONG WITH THESE PEOPLE?????????
Farmington disposal isn’t expensive. It’s $2.00 for a 30 gal barrow. This is just a sick individual.
Have the buckets and there contents been sent to the state lab for DNA?
I remember back in the day that a man was storing his urine in soda bottles…therapy was needed then and sounds like maybe some could be used here as well??
IsI it possible these buckets were thrown away during a snow storm and just now travelling down stream?I’m just saying