Eden Man Charged With Illegally Dumping Sewage

Wicomico County, MD - Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown announced criminal charges against a septic worker in Wicomico County this week. The charges involve illegal sewage dumping on a wooded property in the county.

Terry Adrian Handy, Jr., of Eden, Maryland, was charged on August 14, 2026, in the Circuit Court for Wicomico County. He faces two counts of illegal discharge of a pollutant and two counts of unlawful disposal of sewage.

The case was investigated by the Attorney General's Environmental and Natural Resources Crimes Unit, the Maryland Department of the Environment, and the Wicomico County Health Department. Handy worked for Price & Son Septic Services, Inc., a septic-hauling business based in the 28000 block of Stanford Road in Eden.

On October 23, 2025, the Wicomico County Health Department responded to a property next to Price & Son. They found piping running from the company's sewage pump truck parking pad into the wooded area behind the property, crossing onto the neighboring land.

The wooded area smelled of sewage. Investigators also found soft, wet ground that could not be walked on without sinking in.

Four days later, on October 27, 2025, investigators with the Environmental and Natural Resources Crimes Unit visited the same area. They found a large patch of black, sludge-like material with a strong odor of raw sewage.

While at the scene, investigators watched Handy disconnect a hose from the back of one of the Price & Son septic trucks. Moments later, a large area of brown liquid began flowing over the ground that had been dry just minutes before.

Investigators say this showed Handy had discharged the contents of the septic truck directly onto the neighboring property. "Dumping sewage into the woods near a residential area is not a temporary solution; it is a crime that puts Marylanders' health and the environment at risk," said Attorney General Brown. "My Office will hold accountable anyone who takes shortcuts instead of following the laws that protect Maryland's environment."

Maryland Department of the Environment Secretary Serena McIlwain also commented on the case. "Illegal dumping of sewage damages our environment and hurts communities," she said. "There are many facilities designed to properly dispose of this material for treatment, and this property is certainly not one of them.

Anyone who chooses to put public health at risk or pollute our environment will be held accountable."

The Attorney General thanked several members of his office for their work on the case, including Criminal Division Chief Katie Dorian, Environmental and Natural Resources Crimes Unit Chief D'Arcy Byrnes Talley, Chief Investigator Thomas Waugh, and Investigator Ronald Weinreich, Jr. Assistant Attorney General Eileen M. Murphy is prosecuting the case, and Wicomico County State's Attorney Jamie Dykes assisted with the investigation.

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