Greg Gerber posted on July 29, 2010 14:44
ERIE COUNTY, Penn. -- Erie County Judge Shad Connelly charged the owner of Moon Meadows Campground with civil contempt Wednesday and sent him to the Erie County Prison, the Erie Times-News reported.
Thomas Peckham must remain in jail until all tenants move out of the Greenfield Township campground or he fixes its sewage system, said Doug Range, director of environmental health for the Erie County Department of Health.
"If they decide to vacate the property, it must truly be vacant," said Range, who attended the hearing. "People can't be staying there during the day and just sleeping somewhere else at night."
According to the Times-News, Peckham has consistently refused to make improvements to the campground's sewage system after a county health inspector found puddles of raw sewage and substandard septic work done without a permit in June 2009.
To read the complete story in the Erie Times-News, click here.