Arizona man pleads guilty after illegally living in forest for years among ‘1,000lbs of trash’

According to The Guardian, Mark Aaron Gatz pleaded guilty to violating federal fire restrictions and unlawfully residing in Arizona's Tonto National Forest. Authorities said he had lived at his makeshift campsite for about eight years, surrounded by approximately one thousand pounds of trash. A Forest Service officer reported he maintained a hot wood-burning campfire at the site despite active fire restrictions. Gatz has accepted responsibility for the violations.

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