SAUGUS Vol. 23, No. 30 -FREE- www.advocatenews.net WWII vet gets birthday surprise MASK UP & STAY SAFE ALL SUMMER! Published Every Friday 781-233-4446 Friday, July 24, 2020 “Clean up your junk before you get arrested” Roller World owner warns illegal dumpers to come back and retrieve the trash they tossed behind his building – or risk prosecution A CENTURION SURPRISE: Birthday boy Maurice DiBlasi is all smiles after receiving a citation from State Rep. Donald Wong for turning 100 as DiBlasi’s daughter, Joanne DeLisio, looks on Monday morning. See page 13 for photo highlights. (Advocate Photo by Tara Vocino) ANGELO’S FULL SERVICE "42 Years of Excellence!" 1978-2020 Regular Unleaded $1.939 Mid Unleaded $2.399 Super $2.459 Diesel Fuel $2.459 KERO $4.159 Diesel $2.219 HEATING OIL 24-Hour Burner Service Call for Current Price! (125—gallon minimum) DEF Available Open an account and order online at: www.angelosoil.com (781) 231-3500 (781) 231-3003 367 LINCOLN A A DA CAUGHT ON CAMERA: A photo taken from a security fi lm shows two men at the back of a U-Haul truck appearing to illegally dump a couch near a wetlands area behind Roller World, Inc. on Route 1 South in Saugus. (Courtesy Photo to The Saugus Advocate) By Mark E. Vogler erry Breen’s daughter made a special sign for him to post on the back of his Route 1 South business: “Smile! You’re on camera and your license plate is too.” It’s his way of putting the illegal dumpers who drive onto his property to toss bags of construction debris, rocks, broken down furniture and unwanted materials on notice that they should stop littering on his property. J “Clean up your junk before you get arrested,” Breen said in an interview this week. As the longtime owner of ~ Home of the Week ~ SAUGUS...Nicely updated 7 room Colonial boasting to move in! View the interior of this home right on your smartphone. IT’S CRIMINAL: Jerry Breen, the owner of Roller World, Inc., at 425 R Broadway (Route 1 South) in Saugus, stands on the back of his property near a debris fi eld left by illegal dumpers. He says some of the debris has spilled into a brook behind his property. (Saugus Advocate photo by Mark E. Vogler) Roller World, Inc., he’s had to deal with the dumpers periodically for close to four decades. His security cameras recently caught several instances of brazen dumping that Saugus police and the state environmental police are currently investigating. “A few years ago when this happened, all I wanted was for the guy to come back to pick up his living room set and take it someplace else,” Breen said. “I don’t want to prosecute anyone. But I want to send a message to people who think this is a dumping ground here. But if you keep on dumping, I’m going to track you down and the police will arrest you,” he said. “I had a guy tell me that it cost $900 to get rid of all of these bags, rocks and furniture that were dumped here. I run a roller skating rink that’s been closed for three months, so I don’t have $900 to give away for this,” he said. Separate dumping incidents occurred on June 11 and June 14 at the back of Breen’s property near an embankment that leads into a brook fl owing through Breakheart Reservation. Some of the rocks and debris rolled into the water. “You would think that dumping in a river is a pretty serious thing – an environmental violation…We’re talking about bags of cement, grass and rocks and one of the cushions from the couch,” he said. Film from a security camera captured two men unloading a couch from the back of a U-Haul truck at about 6 p.m. on July 14. They dumped the couch on the ground near a dumpster. Although the license plate number wasn’t recognizable from photos taken CLEAN UP SEE PAGE 7 Prices subject to change FLEET
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