{"id":632545,"date":"2024-08-29T01:41:05","date_gmt":"2024-08-28T22:41:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/houston-tree-thief-caught-on-video-uprooting-saplings-from-yards\/"},"modified":"2024-08-29T01:41:05","modified_gmt":"2024-08-28T22:41:05","slug":"houston-tree-thief-caught-on-video-uprooting-saplings-from-yards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/houston-tree-thief-caught-on-video-uprooting-saplings-from-yards\/","title":{"rendered":"#Houston tree thief caught on video uprooting saplings from yards"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a348a9765824\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a348a9765824\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/houston-tree-thief-caught-on-video-uprooting-saplings-from-yards\/#An_unknown_man_was_caught_on_home_security_video_casually_taking_saplings_from_peoples_front_yards_in_north_Houston\" >An unknown man was caught on home security video casually taking saplings from peoples&#8217; front yards in north Houston.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/houston-tree-thief-caught-on-video-uprooting-saplings-from-yards\/#Watch_the_mysterious_Houston_tree_thief_in_action\" >Watch the mysterious Houston tree thief in action<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/houston-tree-thief-caught-on-video-uprooting-saplings-from-yards\/#%E2%80%98Like_what_You_stole_a_tree\" >&#8216;Like what? You stole a tree?&#8217;<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/houston-tree-thief-caught-on-video-uprooting-saplings-from-yards\/#%E2%80%98Shrubs_trees_maybe_nothing_is_safe\" >&#8216;Shrubs, trees, maybe nothing is safe&#8217;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<div id=\"\"><story-emphasis util-module-path=\"elements\/story\" section=\"news\" link=\"\/news\"><\/story-emphasis><\/p>\n<hr class=\"colorbar section-news\">\n<h2 class=\"display-5 subhead spacer-small\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"An_unknown_man_was_caught_on_home_security_video_casually_taking_saplings_from_peoples_front_yards_in_north_Houston\"><\/span>An unknown man was caught on home security video casually taking saplings from peoples&#8217; front yards in north Houston.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<div id=\"videoWrap\" class=\"spacer-large videoWrap\" style=\"position:relative\"><media-video video-id=\"74973887007\" title=\"Watch: Video shows thief yanking trees from Houston neighborhood\" poster=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2024\/08\/27\/USAT\/74973989007-tree-thief.jpg?crop=1918,1078,x0,y0\" util-module-path=\"elements\/media\" placement=\"snow-video-story-priority\"><\/p>\n<div id=\"uwVideoPlaceholder\" slot=\"placeholder\" style=\"z-index:19;width:100%;padding-bottom:56.25%;position:relative\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;right:0;bottom:0;width:100%;height:100%;z-index:2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2024\/08\/27\/USAT\/74973989007-tree-thief.jpg?crop=1918,1078,x0,y0\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"vidplaybtn\" style=\"display:-moz-box;display:-ms-flexbox;display:-webkit-flex;display:flex;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,.4);border:2px solid #fff;border-radius:80px;cursor:pointer;height:80px;width:80px;position:absolute;top:50%;left:50%;transform:translate(-50%,-50%);z-index:10\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"vidplayicon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/appservices\/universal-web\/universal\/icons\/icon-play-alt-white.svg\" alt=\"play\" style=\"height:40px;margin:auto 18px auto 27px;width:40px\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div slot=\"videoDetails\" id=\"videoDetails\" class=\"videoDetails\" style=\"padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:8px\">\n<div id=\"videoDetailsContainer\" class=\"videoDetailsContainer\" hidden=\"\">Watch: Video shows thief yanking trees from Houston neighborhood<\/p>\n<p>Security footage captured a man wearing a bucket hat pulling saplings outside of homes in Texas.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/media-video><\/div>\n<p>Stealing trees is uncommon, so a Houston neighborhood was baffled when they discovered a random man was uprooting saplings and leaving holes in peoples&#8217; front yards.<\/p>\n<partner-banner util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" class=\"spacer-large\" min-height=\"600\" fluid=\"\" outstream=\"\" momentum=\"\"><\/partner-banner>\n<p>Surveillance video from a north Houston home on Aug. 22 caught the man walking up to a random sapling in broad daylight, and then yanking the young tree until it pops out.<\/p>\n<p>Moments later, once the man had yanked out the previous tree, he went for another in the same area. A security alarm scares the man off before he can take the second sapling. The security video then shows the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>arent owners of the homes the man trespassed on putting the saplings back into their yards.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Watch_the_mysterious_Houston_tree_thief_in_action\"><\/span>Watch the mysterious Houston tree thief in action<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"exclude-from-newsgate\"><strong style=\"margin-right:3px\">Watch: <\/strong>Video shows Waymo self-driving cars honking at each other at 4 a.m. in parking lot<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%98Like_what_You_stole_a_tree\"><\/span>&#8216;Like what? You stole a tree?&#8217;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>A separate video obtained by <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/abc13.com\/post\/north-houston-residents-stumped-man-stealing-trees-neighborhood-north-main-quitman-street\/15223810\/\">ABC13 Houston<\/a> captures a different angle of the man&#8217;s actions, and a woman is heard asking him, &#8220;Why are you taking the tree?&#8221; The man responds, &#8220;I&#8217;m straightening it up.&#8221;<\/p>\n<partner-banner util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" fluid=\"\" bottom=\"\" lazy=\"\" class=\"spacer-large\" min-height=\"390\" outstream=\"\"><\/partner-banner><partner-inline util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" class=\"spacer-large\" placement=\"native-article_link\" sizes=\"[[300, 250], [3, 3]]\" min-height=\"250\" fluid=\"\" outstream=\"\"><\/partner-inline>\n<p>Multiple holes were found in the neighborhood where trees had been stolen, the TV station reported.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Once the, &#8216;Somebody took my stuff&#8217; moment passed, I was like, &#8216;Who steals trees? Like, what? You stole a tree?&#8217; I don&#8217;t understand,&#8217; Kelly Kindred, a homeowner in the neighborhood, told ABC13 Houston.<\/p>\n<p>Kindred would text her neighbor, Olivia Topet, who ran to try to apprehend the tree thief.<\/p>\n<partner-inline util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" placement=\"native-article_link\" sizes=\"[[300, 250], [3, 3]]\" min-height=\"250\" fluid=\"\" outstream=\"\"><\/partner-inline>\n<p>&#8220;I started running after him. I caught up with him a couple blocks away. He had put the tree in a grocery cart and then he went and he hid behind another tree that was still in the ground,&#8221; Topet said, per the TV station. &#8220;I said, &#8216;You can&#8217;t steal our trees. He looked at me and said, &#8216;I&#8217;m sorry ma&#8217;am I&#8217;ll put it back,&#8217; and then he ran away.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%98Shrubs_trees_maybe_nothing_is_safe\"><\/span>&#8216;Shrubs, trees, maybe nothing is safe&#8217;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>During ABC13 Houston&#8217;s interview with Topet, she realized her bushes were gone.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Shrubs, trees, maybe nothing is safe, I don&#8217;t know,&#8221; she told the TV station. &#8220;I feel like I scared him, but I&#8217;m 100% sure he&#8217;s doing this somewhere else. Probably right now.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Homeowners in the neighborhood have not reported the tree thievery to Houston police because they do not want the man to be arrested or punished, they only want him to leave their property alone, ABC13 Houston reported.<\/p>\n<partner-banner util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" fluid=\"\" bottom=\"\" lazy=\"\" class=\"spacer-large\" min-height=\"600\" outstream=\"\" momentum=\"\"><\/partner-banner>\n<p>USA TODAY contacted Houston police who are looking into reports of tree theft in the area.<\/p>\n<lit-timestamp class=\"column ten-column no-gutter spacer-small\" slot=\"timestamp\" publishdate=\"2024-08-28 16:43:37 +0000 UTC\" updatedate=\"2024-08-28 23:27:51 +0000 UTC\"><\/lit-timestamp><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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