A Fort Myers, Fla., man has been arrested and charged with illegally dumping a half-ton of scrap tires.
The man told police he was paid to disposed of the used tires, and was driving a white panel van when he was arrested at the scene where he allegedly had dumped 63 tires that he had scattered along a canal bank.
Police did not say who was paying the man to take the tires, or if they planned any further investigation.