A Milwaukee man was hit with a steep fine after he was caught illegally dumping thousands of tires in a vacant lot multiple times.
Dennis Bowen, 41, was caught discarding tires in the lot at least five times by wardens from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, according to WISN . The wardens wrote him a littering citation for each instance of illegal dumping, costing him a total of $3,855.
Bowen claimed to run a tire recycling operation, but he did not register such a business with the state of Wisconsin. He acquired the tires from local residents and auto shops…