New information in Cedar Park bio hazard medical waste case

From KEYE, October 14, 2008...

Cedar Park police have made major progress in the case of hazardous medical waste dumped in a parking lot.

Two weeks ago a load of needles were found, left in a dumpster, in the middle of the Cedar Park Super Target shopping center near Highway 183 and RM 1431.

“We have determined that the medical waste came from more than one location. We have found a connection between those two locations and we have identified a primary suspect,” Roy Hart, an investigator with the Williamson County Environmental Crimes Unit, says.

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Who dumped medical waste, needles in Austin-area dumpster?

From KEYE, October 1, 2008...

Someone dumped mounds of used needles and medical waste in a dumpster in the middle of a Cedar Park shopping center.

Williamson County investigators say someone tossed biohazard waste into the dumpster and detectives have a lead. They say they found the name of someone they believe is a patient and they tell us that person died more than a year ago.

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Officials say syringes in Cedar Park were "personal medical waste"

From statesman, October 1, 2008...

Syringes and medical supplies that were dumped illegally in a dumpster Monday night were someone’s personal waste, Cedar Park officials said Wednesday.

The syringes, empty medicine bottles and other supplies were found around 9 p.m. Monday by a construction worker who was installing fire alarms in the shopping center on Whitestone Boulevard.

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Syringes found in Cedar Park being tested

From statesman, September 30, 2008...

Officials from the Cedar Park Police Department, Williamson County Health District and the Williamson County Environmental Enforcement Services are testing syringes found inside a trash container near a shopping center, said Jeff Hayes, a spokesman with the police department.

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Medical waste dumped in Cedar Park

From KXAN, October 1, 2008...

Hundreds of needles, syringes and medical waste were found in a construction dumpster in Cedar Park.

An office with the Cedar Park Police Department said the waste was found by a construction worker in a strip mall. "Our greatest concern is someone accidentally injuring themselves on the waste," said Capt. Jeff Hayes with the Cedar Park Police Department.

According to investigators with Williamson County Environmental Services, it looked like the waste belonged to a hospice patient and had been discarded in the dumpster.

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