Police investigate after recently planted trees uprooted from street, carried off by group of people

Police in Lancaster are investigating a case of vandalism in which recently planted trees were ripped out of the ground.A resident's security camera caught a group of young men carrying the two trees down a sidewalk Thursday night. One tree was uprooted from its spot on Charlotte Street, and the other had been cracked at the trunk. "When I first saw that video, I was upset," said Jim Bower, the city arborist. "Looking at it and (thinking), 'Why would they do something like that?'"According to Bower, the trees were just planted in the fall."This is vandalism, you know? The cost of these trees, it's not like you're taking a candy bar or anything," Bower said.Each tree costs about $600."I hope that they get replaced, you know, somebody comes forward and says, 'We made a mistake and we're going to replace them,'" Bower said.

Police in Lancaster are investigating a case of vandalism in which recently planted trees were ripped out of the ground.


A resident's security camera caught a group of young men carrying the two trees down a sidewalk Thursday night. One tree was uprooted from its spot on Charlotte Street, and the other had been cracked at the trunk.

"When I first saw that video, I was upset," said Jim Bower, the city arborist. "Looking at it and (thinking), 'Why would they do something like that?'"

According to Bower, the trees were just planted in the fall.

"This is vandalism, you know? The cost of these trees, it's not like you're taking a candy bar or anything," Bower said.

Each tree costs about $600.

"I hope that they get replaced, you know, somebody comes forward and says, 'We made a mistake and we're going to replace them,'" Bower said.