Man suspected of cutting down city trees around LA is arrested

LOS ANGELES — A man suspected of using a power saw to cut down multiple trees on city property in downtown Los Angeles, the Westake district and Glassell Park was arrested Tuesday.

The man is suspected of cutting down trees at 1550 W 8th St., near Union Avenue, in the Westlake district, around 3:40 p.m. Friday, the 2Cal skyscraper in the Bunker Hill portion of downtown around 1:22 a.m. Saturday, and at 300 Treadwell St., adjacent to Forest Lawn-Glendale and San Fernando Road in Glassell Park on an unknown day and time, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.

His name was not immediately released.

Anyone with information regarding the tree-cutting incidents was urged to call LAPD Central Burglary Detective Gutierrez at 213-924-8930.

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