State police at Fern Ridge reported the arrest of an Albrightsville man for scattering rubbish.

Troopers allege that James Cole, 45, placed 15 bags of household garbage at a new construction site along Chippewa Trail in Penn Forest Township, Carbon County, on May 20 between midnight and 9 a.m. The property owner is Silvio Vitiello, 45, of Tobyhanna.