Wis. man tries to steal neighbor's apple trees
(MCT) TOWN OF DRAMMEN--This kind of theft takes a bit of manual labor.
A town of Drammen woman called the Eau Claire County Sheriff’s Department recently after she noticed two of her apple trees missing.
The woman said her neighbor, a 49-year-old man, stole the trees.
The woman said she had planted 10 apple trees in pots in her garden behind her residence. She bought the trees a year ago for $30 each. Each tree had a blue and yellow paint mark.
As the woman walked around her residence, she noticed her neighbor had two freshly planted apple trees in his front yard.
The deputy spoke with the neighbor after seeing two apple trees with blue and yellow paint marks plant in his yard.
When the deputy told the neighbor he was there to talk about two apple trees, the man said he “figured she would complain about the trees.”
The man denied taking the woman’s trees.
The man told the deputy he had bought the trees for $10 each three weeks earlier from an area greenhouse, but he didn’t have a receipt for them.
The man then told the deputy “she can have them back. I figured that she was going to say something.”
The man got a shovel, removed the trees from the ground and returned them to the woman.
The incident earned the man a misdemeanor charge of theft.
Oct 28, 2012 at 9:11 a.m.
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Well, if that don't beat all...the nerve...of that woman for saying something!!
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If someone stealeth thy apple trees, give him thy pear trees, too.
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;-)
Oct 28, 2012 at 7:18 a.m.
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Next they will steal your out house if you have one
Oct 28, 2012 at 12:18 a.m.
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Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's apples!
Oct 27, 2012 at 3:20 p.m.
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Guess he figured he couldn't wait til the apples started falling in his yard.
Oct 27, 2012 at 12:10 p.m.
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One day you're stealing apple trees, then soon you're stealing elections. Apple trees should be outlawed as they are clearly a gateway tree.
Oct 27, 2012 at 11:44 a.m.
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Lol, yeah I was just having fun. :)
Oct 27, 2012 at 11:10 a.m.
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winterstinks,
At least truthteller did it right. On stories like these, you are supposed to adopt the opposite role of the one you usually take. Here is an example. (Most people realize I am a Democrat...)
That guy must have been a Democrat. Look how he's trying to spread the wealth!
Oct 27, 2012 at 10:45 a.m.
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It's Obama's fault
Oct 27, 2012 at 10:29 a.m.
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That guy needs some help. That isn't normal behavior.
Oct 27, 2012 at 10:26 a.m.
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That's some fuzzy math there.
Oct 27, 2012 at 10:26 a.m.
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Johnny Appleseed would have been so proud to know that those trees he planted would be such a prized possession .
Oct 27, 2012 at 10:16 a.m.
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Okay I will. She must have been a Republican because she did not give her neighbor half her trees. :D
Oct 27, 2012 at 10:05 a.m.
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He gets the trophy for dumbest man of the year!
And who is going to be the first poster to turn this into a political posting contest? . Get set, one, two, three!
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