cops get search warrent to hunt down dangerous messy yard criminal!!!!!!! dont these government thugs have any real criminals to chase down? Police target junk-filled Chandler yard Edythe Jensen The Arizona Republic Oct. 21, 2005 12:00 AM CHANDLER - Three people living in one of the city's worst neighborhood eyesores could go to jail if they don't clean up their property. On Thursday, police served the city's first "inspection warrant" on a cul-de-sac home southwest of Dobson Road and Chandler Boulevard. The warrant allowed officers to peek behind backyard walls at mounds of tools, bicycles, old tires, file cabinets, light fixtures, lawn mowers, buckets, car parts and electronic equipment. They were looking for property code violations and stolen property, said Sgt. Greg Carr, who oversees code enforcement. Carr said he would seek criminal misdemeanor charges against three occupants of the home on South 95th Street that could send them to jail if they don't remove the junk. The action is part of stepped-up efforts to keep neighborhoods safe and free of blight, he said. At 10 a.m., Carr knocked on the door and shouted for occupants, but no one answered. He called in backup officers and county animal control workers to monitor three large dogs that paced and barked in a back yard packed with trash, vehicles and tires. A partially drained pool held green water. "We've been here before, and they know whoever answers the door gets a ticket," Carr said. "Every time we come, it gets worse." The warrant named property owner John Bourdlais, 39, and other occupants Debora Kay Vasquez, 35, and Wayne Marshall Eggins, 41. Vasquez is on probation for possession of drug paraphernalia, court records show. Carr said Eggins and Vasquez were cited and fined for junk collecting at a previous Chandler address. Chandler police have been called to the 95th Street address 36 times since January 2004 for abandoned vehicles, suspicious persons, litter, suspected narcotics activity, threatening and noise, records show. Thursday's warrant charges violations of city property maintenance standards, keeping inoperable vehicles and outside storage. Carr said additional charges could include environmental violations. Neighborhood Services Specialist Larry Hammack and Officer Phil Besse wiped dust and grime from bicycle and trailer frames to record identification numbers. They stepped gingerly among wires, oil spills and what appeared to be dried remains of household chemicals during about an hour of photographing and note-taking. Neighbor Maria Martinez, 45, said she has called the city to complain several times during the year she has lived next door to the junk-strewn house because constant traffic and large numbers of parked cars force her visitors to park down the street. "People are coming and going all day over there, especially on Wednesdays, and things are going on in the house all night," she said. Two other neighbors declined comment. The warrant is a sign the city is taking residents' complaints seriously, said Mayor Boyd Dunn.