The suspect, 45-year-old Samuel Patrick Groft, is accused of using a chainsaw to chop down several city trees in downtown LA, the Westlake District, and Glassell Park, according to police.

A man suspected of cutting down about a dozen trees with an electric chainsaw in downtown Los Angeles and nearby communities was arrested in connection with the bizarre crimes on city property. Police ...

An alleged vandal who was armed with a chainsaw cut down several trees along downtown Los Angeles streets over the weekend. Witnesses tell CBS News Los Angeles that the trees were cut down overnight ...

Police arrested 45-year-old Samuel Patrick Groft for felony vandalism. He is accused of using a battery-operated chainsaw to cut down trees in downtown LA, the Westlake District and Glassell Park in ...

First, it was just a limb sawed from a tree at a North Figueroa Street intersection on April 13. Then the next day, three mature trees were cut down on West Temple Street in downtown, about two miles ...