One dumpster has created big problems for a West Side business.

Damages and illegal dumping have cost Celebrate Dental & Braces on West Commerce Street thousands of dollars, Dr. Clark Hepworth said.

“It’s frustrating,” Hepworth said. “This appears to be somebody’s personal trash.”

After about eight years, Hepworth said the problems have spun out of control and called the city for help.

“I called code enforcement, and they told me to call the police,” Hepworth said. “I had the police come out and do a police report, but they said they can’t do anything and to call code enforcement. It’s a conundrum here.”

Hepworth has multiple cameras, but he said that hasn’t stopped the crimes.

Video shared with KSAT shows people dropping their trash, damaging his dumpster and even starting a fire. H

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