Arrrest Made in Deliberate Poisoining of Historic Auburn University Oak Trees

Fox News ^ | February 17, 2011 | Garrett Tenney & AP

[americanophile]

DEVELOPING: Police say they have arrested a 62-year-old Alabama man for allegedly poisoning trees at a historic site on Auburn University's campus, where fans have long celebrated big wins and hundreds gathered after the Tigers won the football national championship on Jan. 10.

The Auburn Police Division said Thursday that Harvey A. Updyke, of Dadeville, Ala., was arrested and charged with first degree criminal mischief. Police allege Updyke deliberately poisoned oak trees at Toomer's Corner with a commonly used herbicide, applied in "lethal amounts" to the soil around the two trees.

The 130-year-old trees likely cannot be saved, officials said.

[Darren McCarty]

Saban did it.......

[allmendream]

“Well I heard Mr. Young sing about her,
and I heard ol’ Neil put her down.
Well I hope Neil Young will remember
Southern Man don't need him round anyhow.”

[6ppc]

Everyone here is disgusted. I have heard no one applauding this idiot's action and everyone condemning it.

I doubt this guy is an Alabama grad, but we are sure to find out soon since he was arrested today.

I wasn't listening to the show when he called in, but I've heard no one say anything about the audience lauding him.

And please lose the "Menstrual" Tide comment...doesn't quite bring you down to this idiot's level, but it's pretty juvenile.

[allmendream]

LOL! Yeah, that one tends to really stick in the craw!

I had never heard of the football team, and where I grew up “The Crimson Tide” meant something different. So when I was in the USAF and stationed in “Lower Alabama” I was quite taken aback by bumper stickers that said “I LOVE THE CRIMSON TIDE”.

Yeah, because mocking a football team puts me ‘not quite’ as low as someone who kills trees because his team lost!

A sense of proportion! Get one.

[houeto]

This is the St. John Cathedral Oak here in Lafayette, LA......it's estimated to have sprouted around the time of Columbus's voyages.

Just a kid.

"Although we didn't have time to visit, a treasure is Mary Mahoney's Old French House Restaurant. Built around 1737, the French architecture of the "Oldest House in Biloxi" is apparent, with high ceilings, hand hewn cypress columns, and slate roof. The house includes old slave quarters, kitchen, and even a cellar. Next to the house is the Patriarch, a live oak tree that dates back over 2,000 years."