Jackson residents fed up with illegal dumping in their neighborhoods

A south Jackson resident said he’s had enough of people treating his neighborhood like a landfill.Daren Bourns has lived off Suncrest Drive for decades. He said illegal dumping has been a problem for years — but this week, it hit a new level.”I quit picking it up now until somebody, when it’s ready to be mowed, then I’ll pick up trash. Otherwise, every time I pick it up, somebody dumps more trash all in my yard,” said Bourns.Bourns said he came home Tuesday night to find heavy equipment dumped in the creek behind his house.”Jackson is not a garbage bag or a toilet for dumping trash,” Bourns said. Bourns says the dumping is just one sign of how his neighborhood has changed over the years — from more noise to crime and break-ins.”To be honest with you, younger people are moving in, so you get more noise, more boom boxes, and more crime. Those two houses behind you, in one, somebody tried to push in on the lady that lived there, three guys and the other one, which made the news, a lady was in her house, the car wasn’t under the garage, and they tried to break in,” said Bourns.Now, Bourns is calling on city leaders to take action.”They’re going to move from area where they feel that the city is watching them, and they’re going to move to other areas, but it will deter some,” said Bourns.The equipment has since been moved from the creek.