Garbage man jailed for 30 days because he came to work too EARLY and annoyed wealthy residents [View all]

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Kevin McGill, 48, violated ordinance banning trash collection before 7am
He will spend this weekend and the next 13 in jail after receiving 30 days
McGill had no lawyer when he went to Sandy Springs, Georgia, courthouse
'Company representative accompanied him' and expected up to $1000 fine
Father of two and new attorney have filed motion to withdraw guilty plea
Residents called 9-1-1 when they heard early garbage pickup services
Suburb has privatized almost all of its services, including court system


owever, the Court Chief Solicitor Bill Riley asked for a 30 day sentence for the offense of picking up trash around 5am in the suburb and the judge granted the stiff penalty.
He was sentenced on February 20th at the local courthouse, the running of which has been handed over to private contractors by the city.
There were no real negotiations between her client and Mr Riley when he was sentenced, Ms Bandoh told Daily Mail Online, adding that the solicitor had claimed the offense meant 'automatic jail time'.
Mr Riley has stood by the request for jail and says that 'fines don't seem to work' and 'The only thing that seems to stop the activity is actually going to jail.'
The solicitor said that residents of Sandy Springs, which include professional athletes and executives for Delta Air Lines, begin calling 9-1-1 when they hear early garbage men, according to WSPA.
He said it was the right decision to punish McGill, who had only been on the route for three months, rather than his company, which the city has contracted to pick up its residents' trash.


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