Grand Prairie , Texas officials say Rick Yoes , 57 , has refused to respond to two decades worth of code violations for unruly lawn . When he received notice that he owed $ 1,700 and that there was a warrant out of his arrest , Yoes reported to jail instead of paying the fine . He is now in prison on an unrelated charge.
Grand Prairie , Texas officials say Rick Yoes , 57 , has refused to respond to two decades worth of code violations for unruly lawn . When he received notice that he owed $ 1,700 and that there was a warrant out of his arrest , Yoes reported to jail instead of paying the fine . He spent two nights in jail before a friend paid the fine and secured his release . Officials for the city say they would never arrest someone for not mowing their lawn and that Yoes had plenty of opportunities to work with them . Yoes claims in one interview that he never received the warnings , while in another interview said he ignored the letters .