The suspect has now been charged with harassment and ticketed for throwing refuse onto a roadway Published April 19, 2021 • Updated on April 19, 2021 at 8:50 am NBC 4 New York An upstate New York couple may have finally solved the mystery of who's been tossing used coffee cups in their front yard for nearly three years. Edward and Cheryl Patton told The Buffalo News they tried mounting a camera in a tree in front of their home in Lake View to catch the phantom litterer. But it wasn’t until some neighbors recently got involved and followed a minivan and jotted down its license plate number that there was a break in the case.