Palm Tree Burning Spree

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Palm Tree Burning Spree

Richard Longoria

Story Created: Jul 3, 2009 at 4:29 PM CST

Story Updated: Jul 3, 2009 at 4:29 PM CST

GALVESTON, Texas (AP) - Officials are looking for the culprit in
a bizarre palm tree torching spree.
     
Since May, 30 trees have been set ablaze on the island.
     
Galveston Fire Marshal Gilbert Robinson said calls of burning
palm trees have increased recently.
     
Now, tree service owner Greg West is offering a $1,000 reward
for information that leads to charges.
     
"We just got hit by a hurricane, and the only thing that lived
were the palm trees," West told The Galveston County Daily News.
"I want to put the reward out, so it might change somebody's mind
to turn them in."
     
A conviction for arson is a second-degree felony, which carries
a possible jail term from two to 20 years and a $10,000 fine.
     
     
(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press.  All Rights Reserved.)
     
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Monday, Jul 6 at 3:24 PM leonard wrote ...

Palms burned in Myrtle Beach, SC from the pine sawdust mulch they put around them. Who Knew?

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