

A county in Florida thinks their garbage workers would also make good sleuths. In Men at Work, garbage men Charlie Sheen and his real life bro Emilio Estevez (who also wrote and directed the film) uncover an illegal toxic waste dump after finding a body in a can on their route. Apparently he didn’t own any pants without drugs in the pockets.”Ĥ. Some Towns Train Their Garbage Men to Spot Crime When he was arrested he had drugs in his pants. He eventually got dressed and came back out. The best part was the fact that the guy sat out front watching the show in a bathrobe. He threw away some of the ingredients and the pressure when it compacted caused it to explode. Turns out they had been watching the house we were in front of because the guy was cooking meth. Thankfully no one was injured, but I called the fire department and police always come on fire calls too. "I’ll make sure it’s took care of proper.One garbage man recounted an interesting story about just such an explosion on Reddit: “My guys called me frantic one day after an explosion in the hopper of the truck.

“Anybody in Emery County that knows me, if you don’t know what to do with it, get it to me," he said. The veteran wants people to know that there’s a right way to say goodbye to an American flag a member of the local American Legion post, the group has annual flag burning ceremonies that people can attend, said Gardner. I have a problem with that, so I just take it out take care of it.” He’s saved at least a dozen flags from the landfill in his 11 years on the job. Gardner had no idea he was caught on camera. "That didn’t surprise me that he did it, because he is a veteran, but I think when you’re from a small town, you kind of have a love for your country and for the flag.” “I just thought, that is Don, that is who Don is," said Whitney Phelps. Those who’ve known the man nicknamed “Munch” in high school for his small size, weren’t shocked to see the video. "I wanted them to see and to give him the respect that he gave to our flag.” “I wanted our community to really see what he did, and to see the care and love that he gave our flag," she said. What am I doing?”Ĭowley shared the video on Facebook, admitting to accidentally throwing away the flag during a clean-up after celebrating Easter at home, and admiring her garbage man’s actions. "And then immediately, I was so embarrassed, like, oh my gosh, I was petrified, because I’m married to a veteran. “He pulls up, he gets out of his truck, and I’m thinking, 'What is he doing?,'" she said. Last week, Brooke Cowley, a Huntington resident on Gardner's garbage route, spied the United States Marine Corps veteran taking an American flag out of her trash can and folding it. A lot of blood's been shed so that we have the freedoms that we have today." “A lot of people died protecting that flag and fighting under that flag. “I took an oath once to defend this country and our flag, and I still do," said Gardner. Gardner doesn't have the need, or the time, to get out of his truck to pick up the garbage cans, but on the rare occasion, he will, if he spots a familiar piece of red-white-and-blue fabric peeking out under the lid. Something needs to be done, they come to me, I take care of it.” HUNTINGTON, Utah - Don "Munch" Gardner spends anywhere from eight to twelve hours a day in his truck every day, picking up garbage cans from hundreds of homes all over Emery and Carbon counties.
