re: Arrest Made in Auburn tree poisoning

I'm well aware of why they do it, still does not make it right. The man is dead, he still has family/friends alive today.

I can't believe you are defending it.

don't feel like reading the whole thread, what did he get charged with?

Screw your trees and the tradition behind them. Is that better?

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felony criminal mischief.
It's a class C felony in Alabama.

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FWIW, punishable by 1 to 10 years in prison and up to $15,000 in fines.

Is 1st degree the worst?

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I know for a fact that whitepages and 411.com are unreliable. I have to use it from time to time for work and its a crap shoot.

I once looked up my name and it had my grandmother listed as an occupant in my home when shes been dead for over a decade and never even lived in the same city as me let alone the same house.

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And then they bait you into registering, which only gives you more unreliable information. Lexis Nexis FTW!!

There is only one Bear Bryant and everybody knows it. Thats besides the point.I cant speak for anybody else, but I know I was always taught to respect the dead PERIOD

But then again, dont let respecting a dead man get in the way of trying to look cool on a frickin message board.

I understand that some peoples lives turn on and off with a comp screen so in a sense the ones who are doing the disrespecting of the Bear or anybody else are probably the most miserable people any of us will ever encounter in are lives.

Mostly though, any comments like that would just make me think "it obviously sucks to be you"

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I hate that the tree was poisoned, but Auburn was slowly killing the tree anyway.

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i admit... i look at this LINK and find that this tree is pretty small for a 130-yr-old live oak. Maybe the growth has been stunted for decades?

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Live Oaks are more suited for coastal (or near coastal) locations. This is the reason that you see the HUGE live oaks in Mobile, Charleston, Savannah, etc. Auburn is, admittedly, not an ideal location for the trees and as suc they haven't grown nearly as large as they could have.

Also, when the streets were paved and the sidewalks built, the trees were virtually incased in concrete. Go back and look at a picture of Toomers 15-20 years ago and now. When it was realized that the trees were under such stress and were unhealthy, a lot of work was done. The sidewalks were pulled back and the bedding areas around each tree were created. Also, there was an adjustment made in amount and pressure of the water used to remove the TP after celebrations.

Were the trees eventually going to die or need to be removed? Yes, but not for another 15-20 years or more and a plan was in place to replace them when that time came.

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Is 1st degree the worst?

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Yes, it is the highest level of criminal mischief.

saying the tree was going to die slowly is no excuse for someone to maliciously come in there and poison it because they hate the school

and bear bryant jokes can be tasteless but it's still just a joke... that's different from an action

tasteless jokes in poor taste are free speech... poisoning a tree or excavating a grave are criminal