67 Year Old Woman Arrested for Unauthorized Gardening

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Posted on: April 20, 2010 - 10:42am

I guarantee you that the Oak Cliff police department has far worse problems than this.  Murders may go unsolved, but rest assured the greenbelt is now protected from volunteer pruning.

 

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/042010dnmetmcfeeley.3b35092.html

 


Unsanctioned pruning at Oak Cliff park drew complaints, but 67-year-old's arrest makes neighbors uneasy

 

The 67-year-old was being accused of felony criminal mischief – for thinning thickets in a city park near her home.  

"She was going out to this greenbelt area and trimming it as she saw fit," said Joe Ries, a city park maintenance manager. "We asked her to stop," he said, because she didn't have a work agreement with the city.

 

 

 

 

 

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Posted on: April 20, 2010 - 7:47pm #1

It might be a different story if she was hacking at the bushes with a machete but even still if she is not harming anyone it's public park and I don't see what's the problem with some trimming. I wonder how much trouble I'll get in if I decide to use one my county's nature parks to sleep in overnight for a couple of months. I wouldn't be setting up an Obamaville just one little tent away from the trails. I think as long as I'm not littering, don't burn the place down or cry out for some government worker to save my ass because I got bit by a copperhead I should be fine. 

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