Land owners fined thousands for trash dumped on their property

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Two brothers who own land in a Westside neighborhood say other people keeping dumping trash there. Now, they have a nuisance lien for thousands of dollars they say should go to the people that dumped trash on their land.

Brothers Jimmy and John Watson said they called the city of Jacksonville multiple times to stop trash that was being dumped by a neighbor on their six-lot investment property on Melba Street. However, the brothers are now being fined for their neighbor’s mess.

“We’ve been seeing garbage on the property,” said Jimmy Watson…

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