Samuel Patrick Groft was sentenced to two years in jail after pleading no contest to using a chainsaw to cut down 13 trees in ...

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Samuel Patrick Groft, 45, pleaded no contest to several felony vandalism charges in Los Angeles County Superior Court after ...

The charges involve 13 trees that were cut between April 13 and April 19, including one that had a limb chopped off.

In tree-starved downtown Los Angeles, taking a chainsaw to the shade now carries real jail time. Samuel Patrick Groft, 45, was sentenced Wednesday to two years in county jail after authorities say he ...

Samuel Patrick Groft, 45, was sentenced Wednesday after pleading no contest to nine felony counts of vandalism.

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Samuel Patrick Groft received a 2-year sentence after a chainsaw vandalism spree that destroyed multiple LA trees.

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