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1) Ashpalt road paving equipment painted green in the northeast end of the property <br />with signs identifying it as the property of Cornish Construction, 537-7459, Lic# <br />270025. <br />m) A fifteen square foot area of soil stained with thick black liquid next to the asphalt <br />equipment. <br />n) An approximately thirty foot long by two feet wide area of dark black sand spread on <br />top of the earth which appeared to be sandblast waste. <br />o) A Caterpillar tractor with rippers and bulldozer blade on the south end of the <br />property. <br />p) A Caterpillar tractor loaded on a trailer on the northeast end of the property. <br />q) One 12 volt equipment battery laying on its side, located on the east side of the <br />property near the entry gate on Santa Fe Road. <br />After determining that hazardous materials and waste were also present on the east and <br />northeast sections of the property, Jim Czarnecki and I drove to the Escalon Fire Department as <br />planned. <br />Jim Czarnecki and I arrived at the Escalon Fire Department at approximately 1025. Fire Chief <br />Jim Rosenberg explained that he had received two complaints that day about the smoke and fire <br />on "Wild Bill's" property. According to Chief Rosenberg, a fire from the railroad siding spread <br />onto Mr. Lane's property on July 16, 1990 and has continued to burn or smolder since that <br />date. On July 16, 1990, Riverbank Fire Department was dispatched by Stanislaus County to the <br />fire along the railroad tracks. Riverbank Fire Department extinguished the fire along the <br />railroad tracks, however the fire on Mr. Lane's property was not within the jurisdiction of <br />Riverbank Fire Department and was left to burn itself out. The fire did not burn itself out, and <br />Escalon Fire Department was reluctant to enter Mr. Lane's property to extinguish the fire. <br />Chief Rosenberg stated that the Fire Department would probably not be able to recover costs <br />from Mr. Lane for putting out the fire on his property. Mr. Lane was described as being foul- <br />mouthed, difficult to deal with, a both unpleasant and excentric character, and an ex -rodeo <br />clown who occaisionally rides a buffalo through town. Chief Rosenberg also stated that he would <br />not enter Mr. Lane's property unless a Sheriff was present. I got the impression that the <br />Escalon Fire Department would prefer to not confront or deal with Mr. Lane. <br />Fire Chief, Jim Rosenberg received a phone complaint from Mr. Jim Cocco (29901 E. Hall <br />Road, 838-6839) which was referred to myself at 1100. Mr. Cocco stated that he saw Bill <br />Lane bury batteries, tires and oil on the property repeatedly over the past four years. Mr. <br />Cocco complained that Mr. Bill Lane starts fires on the property to burn waste and garbage, and <br />that Mr. Lane had reignited the fire on the property earlier that week when it looked as though it <br />would burn out. Mr. Cocco is willing to testify as a witness, and stated that he has already filed a <br />complaint against Mr. Lane for an alleged assault and discharge of a fire arm (pistol) on a <br />previous date. <br />I phoned David Irey at the San Joaquin County District Attorney's Office, explained the situation <br />