Trash container illustration By: Wayne Morin

(Scroll down for video) A garbage collector in Georgia, was shocked to receive a 30-day jail sentence for picking up trash too early in the morning.

Kevin McGill of Sandy Springs, was sentenced to 30 days in jail for violating an ordinance, which states that workers can only pick up trash between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m.

McGill was caught picking up trash just after 5:00 a.m. McGill said that he could not believe when the prosecutor asked the judge for the maximum penalty.

The prosecutor, Bill Riley, made no apologies for asking for the maximum sentence. Riley said that these days, fines do not work.