SUN CHRONICLE STAFF

NORTON - Two teenagers accused of trashing neighborhood streets while stealing trash barrels were arrested on Friday after police allegedly found the pair pulling a barrel behind their vehicle on Reservoir Street.

George Gillis, 18, of Norton, whom police say was driving the car, and John Pucci, 18 of Attleboro, who was in the passenger seat, were arrested and charged with disorderly conduct in the incident.

Over the past few weeks, the Norton Police Department has received numerous reports of stolen trash barrels left in roadways throughout the town. In the incidents, streets have been left littered with trash and the barrels have created roadway hazards.

On June 26, a bicyclist was transported to an area hospital after he collided with a barrel discarded on Eddy Street. While on routine patrol Friday, Patrolman David Schepis observed a vehicle pulling a trash barrel down Reservoir Street in the area of Cobb Street. The front-seat passenger, Gillis, allegedly discarded the barrel into the southbound travel lane of Reservoir Street as they passed the police cruiser.

Sgt. Jonathan Goodwin assisted with the investigation.