January 25, 2023 10:25 a.m.

A female transient was cited for depositing trash within 100 yards of a waterway on Tuesday morning.

A Roseburg Police report said at 11:00 a.m. the 31-year old was contacted at the duck pond in the 1000 block of Northwest Garden Valley Boulevard. The suspect’s camp was set up in the interior area near the nature trail. Her campsite was about 60 feet from Newton Creek and approximately 100 feet from the bank of the duck pond. There was a large amount of trash surrounding her campsite, both in shopping carts and on the ground.

The suspect was given trash bags to use in picking up the debris. She was released after the citation was issued.