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Springs resident fined $5,000 for messy yard

Publication: The East Hampton Press
By Carolyn Kormann   Mar 17, 2009 7:34 PM
Springs resident Rian White, whose messy yard led to his conviction on littering charges earlier this year in East Hampton Town Justice Court, was fined a total of $5,000 by Town Justice Lisa R. Rana on Thursday, March 12.

Justice Rana fined Mr. White $1,000 for each one of the five counts he was convicted of in January.

“I really feel as though we extended many opportunities for Mr. White to clean up his property and come into compliance,” Justice Rana said.

After a six-year clash with neighbors, Mr. White was put on trial earlier this year. A jury convicted him of five town code violations, including failing to keep his property free of litter and not having a building permit or a certificate of occupancy for a shed on his property at... more

Why are there photos of people? Where are the photos of the root issue, Mr. White's yard, that readers may get a sense of the severity of the problem?
By Frank Wheeler (1103), Northampton on Mar 13, 09 2:19 PM
what a load of crap been around the corner lately take a look at all those vw buses wtf.got a junk yard around the corner and jimmie and vinnie aren't complaining about that looks singled out to me i've been by there and seen a lot worse than that yard.ryan should put his property up for sale and head south.
By pinga (90), hamptonbays on Mar 13, 09 6:21 PM
our neighbor built an ILLEGAL(on our property) addition onto his house &cut down shad trees 25 feet onto our property.the good judge saw fit to let him plea bargain out of it. he was fined nothing for the crimes committed on our property.three years later ,we are still in civil court seeking justice for destruction on our property.maybe mr rian will let me borrow the hot dog with arms so can place it where my neighbor can look at it every day.good luck to mr rian,if you plan to fight ,you will ...more
By montauk resident (41), montauk on Mar 16, 09 10:55 AM
people should take more pride in their homes he should be fined and evicted if mess continues
By dianne (4), springs on Mar 16, 09 11:23 AM
He's lost any impetus to clean up because he's been dragged through this crap.He actually said that. This crap is his yard. He wanted a trial and he got one. Now that he has been found guilty a normal person would have cleaned up, but we're not dealing with that here. The fines imposed will never be paid and the yard will continue to degrade the community. An appeal is just another way to delay doing anything. What needs to be done is for the Town Board to make another resolution and do what they ...more
By maidstoner (2), East Hampton on Mar 16, 09 5:23 PM
Hell, we'll take some of it. It sounds like good stuff.
By we could run this town! (77), wonderful Wainscott on Mar 18, 09 10:16 PM
forget about the fines. Just force him to spend that amount on a big fence, so no one has to look at his big plastic hot dogs.
By nicole (96), Hampton Bays on Mar 23, 09 1:32 PM
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