[RP TownTalk] tree vandalism

[Carol Prato]

Clear DayActually it was not only sawed off (cleanly I might add and several branches as well), the piece was completely removed from the property.  It wasn't that high in the air that it would have needed a truck.  Only about 6 feet above the ground (at my fence level).  Jennifer (from Suntrust) and I both inspected the whole area for the missing part of the tree.
I'm still trying to figure out why they would have done it.
Carol
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Bruce Wernek 
  To: 'Carol Prato' 
  Cc: towntalk at riverdale-park.org 
  Sent: Saturday, March 13, 2010 10:41 AM
  Subject: RE: [RP TownTalk] tree vandalism


   
  Carol

  We had a lot of snow recently.  The weight of the snow caused the top a cedar tree next to my driveway to break off.  I've also seen quite a few trees in a similar state while walking the dog.  Are you sure this isn't what happened to your tree.  

  You would need a bucket truck or ladder to cut off the top of a tree.  Why would anyone put in this much effort to do this?

  Bruce

   

  From: towntalk-bounces at riverdale-park.org [mailto:towntalk-bounces at riverdale-park.org] On Behalf Of Carol Prato
  Sent: Friday, March 12, 2010 3:48 PM
  To: TownTalk at riverdale-park.org
  Subject: [RP TownTalk] tree vandalism

   

  I need some help.  Sometime in the last 2 weeks (I have no exact idea due to the fact I was in the hospital), the entire top of one of my leland cyprus trees was cut off and removed.  I live in the house all by itself on 44th place (between Suntrust bank and the Dental Group building).  The tree in question was one of my big ones along my fence line between Suntrust bank and me.  I asked Suntrust if their landscapers (Brickman) had done it, but OF COURSE they knew nothing about it.  I called the town just to make sure they didn't do it, and they assured me that public works would never cut a tree on private property.  I am pretty sure that Suntrust's landscapers did it because it was hanging over my fence after the snowstorm, but they don't want to admit it due to the fact that what they would have done would have been illegal.

  I was hoping that maybe someone in the neighborhood saw someone cutting the trees in that area in the last 2 weeks.  If you did or know someone that might have, please let me know.  Those trees are the only privacy I have between the businesses and my home and now one is missing about 6 feet of tree.  I can only hope it will grow back.

  Carol DePrato Miller

   
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