The Los Angeles police service arrested a man who was captured on surveillance images using a chainsaw on Tuesday to cut several trees in downtown Los Angeles.
The vandal that cuts trees sparked a large intrigue and indignation when the residents spotted the wooden carnage on South Grand Avenue and other property areas belonging to the city during the weekend. A number of trees have been cut at the base, while others were cut several feet above the road and some were still connected to their trunks by just a bark wire.
Shortly before 5 p.m. Tuesday, the LAPD published a community alert showing a photo of the suspect on a bicycle that described him as a man in his forties. About 90 minutes later, police announced that he had been placed in police custody suspected of crime of vandalism. The authorities did not immediately publish his name.
The man is accused of having addressed trees around 1550 W 8 Street at 3:40 p.m. Friday; Nearly 350 s Grand Avenue at 1:22 am on Saturday; And nearly 300 Treadwell Street at the unknown time, police said. Additional locations of fallen trees are still being studied.
A number of trees cut by the Vandal seemed to be Indian bay figs.
Anyone with information is requested to contact the Central DET burglary. GUTIERREZ at (213) 924-8930 during regular office hours and the central area commander of (213) 486-6618.
Mayor Karen Bass said in a statement to ABC7 news that the situation is “really beyond understanding” and that public works teams work to replace trees as soon as possible.
Trees offer many advantages to urban areas. They clean the air, reconstitute the groundwater, capture the runoff of rainwater, slow down the deterioration of the streets and have proven to reduce crime.
They also create a very useful cooling effect. By a hot day, the temperature in the shade under a tree canopy can be up to 10 degrees colder than under the direct sun. A study by the UCLA Luskin Center revealed that the shadow can reduce thermal stress in the human body by 25% to 30% throughout the day.
The staff writer Suzanne Rust contributed to this report.
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