VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. – A private property in Volusia County is now being cleaned up after being overtaken by homeless camps, piles of trash and drugs, according to the sheriff’s office.
In a release, deputies said that the 80-year-old property owner lives out of town and wants to sell her land, but thousands of pounds of debris were left there.
While deputies gathered over 500 pounds of trash from the site last weekend, another estimated 5,000 pounds remained, the sheriff’s office noted.
Another image of the property when deputies responded on Aug. 22 (Volusia Sheriff’s Office)
Meanwhile, three people living on the property without permission were arrested and face several charges, including trespassing, littering, drug possession and public nuisance, the release says.
“Pills, methamphetamine, and fentanyl were found at the camp along with buckets and bottles of human waste,” the release reads. “The defendants claimed they had permission from ‘Gator’ to live there.”
Another image of the property on the morning of Aug. 22 (Volusia Sheriff’s Office)
No additional information has been provided at this time, including the identities of those arrested in this case.
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