article_snippet: Kevin McGill, 48, who works for Waste Management Inc, took a guilty plea deal after violating an ordinance in Sandy Springs, north of Atlanta, that bans collections before 7am - he would reportedly start collecting around 5am.
article_snippet: Kevin McGill, 48, was supposed to serve 30 days in jail after pleading guilty to picking up trash in Sandy Springs, Georgia, before 7am.
article_snippet: a statement read: 'In retrospect, the actions of the court with regards to Kevin McGill’s sentence for violating the City’s noise laws, was disproportionate to a first-time offense. '
article_snippet: Kevin McGill was originally sentenced on February 20th at the local courthouse, the running of which was handed over to private contractors by the City.
article_snippet: Kevin McGill turned 48 on Friday, but reported to a local jail at 6pm for a local jail first night in jail.
article_snippet: A representative for his office went to the courthouse with McGill, who expected to be ordered to pay up to a $1,000 fine, Bandoh said.
article_snippet: Kevin McGill said Kevin McGill had not heard of a driver going to jail for a similar incident in the firm's South Atlantic area of Georgia and the Carolinas.
article_snippet: WM employee Kevin McGill had never been to jail or even appeared in the court system, and no other charges factored into the judge's decision to give the judge jail time.
article_snippet: Bandoh said that his sentence was originally for 30 straight days before someone in the court spoke up and said that WM employee Kevin McGill should continue working and collecting the suburb's trash.
highlights_snippet: Kevin McGill, 48, violated ordinance banning trash collection before 7am .
  