PennDOT lines Route 924 with No Littering signs; cases against accused dumpers move forward

SHENANDOAH HEIGHTS – In case it wasn’t clear enough, PennDOT’s added plenty of reminders that dumping trash along Route 924 is against the law.

No Littering and No Parking signs now line the entire stretch of the highway between the Brandonville/Pattersonville wye and the top of the descent into Brandonville.

This follows a PennDOT-led cleanup of the heavily-littered stretch on the West Mahanoy and Union township line.

West Mahanoy Township cited three people for dumping trash there earlier this month.

Of those three, one pleaded guilty, another faces summary trial on Monday, and a third was unable to be served a summons.

Vaneliza Mejia Andujar, 27, of Shenandoah Heights, paid a combined $476.99 in fines and costs following a guilty plea.

Fiord Matos De Lopez, 48, of Hazleton, is contesting the citation and expected in Magisterial District Judge Anthony Kilker’s Shenandoah courtroom for summary trial Monday afternoon.

Elie De Los Santos Nova, 52, of Shenandoah, was unable to be served by first class summons.

Littering and trash dumping on roadsides in eastern Pennsylvania has been on the rise in recent years, including on Routes 924 and 339 as well as Snake Road near Ashland and in areas of Black Creek, Main, and Beaver townships.

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