In this town, you can attract a conviction and probation by watering your grass or not, mowing your grass or not, or having a tree or bush encroaching on the sidewalk or not.
The article doesn't say why he was on probation.
Doesn't matter - he's ON PROBATION!!!! His butt, his blood and his urine belong to the state in exchange for proving that he can obey the laws of society . . . . . . . . which he obviously can't!