The suspect, 45-year-old Samuel Patrick Groft, is accused of using a chainsaw to chop down several city trees in downtown LA, the Westlake District, and Glassell Park, according to police.

Man Accused of Going on Tree-Killing Spree with Chainsaw Arrested Samuel Patrick Groft is accused of using a chainsaw to cut down trees in downtown Los Angeles, the Westlake District, and Glassell ...

Police have arrested a man for allegedly damaging or cutting down 13 trees in downtown Los Angeles. LAPD detectives were able to track down a suspect — Samuel Patrick Groft, 44 — thanks to ...

Anyone with information regarding the tree-cutting incidents was urged to call LAPD Central Burglary Detective Gutierrez at 213-924-8930. Calls during non-business hours should be directed to the ...

A man has been arrested in connection with dozens of city-owned trees in Los Angeles that were cut down with a chainsaw over the Easter Holiday weekend. While law enforcement officials had no ...

CBS News Los Angeles Live. The man who allegedly used a chainsaw to cut down 13 trees in downtown Los Angeles and nearby areas has been ordered to stand trial on vandalism charges.. Over the ...

The destruction: Last weekend, residents awoke to find severed tree trunks toppled onto the streets of downtown L.A. The trees appeared to have been felled by a chainsaw-wielding vandal in an act ...

A man wielding a chainsaw inside a senior-living facility in St. Charles, ... was allegedly attempting to cut down a tree on the facility's property at about 8:45 a.m. on Sunday.

A 17-year-old laborer in western Michigan was killed over the weekend in an accident involving a chainsaw, state officials ...

A man has been arrested in connection with dozens of city-owned trees in Los Angeles that were cut down with a chainsaw over the Easter Holiday weekend. While law enforcement officials had no ...