Seattle police arrested a man they say assaulted a Norway Maple Saturday in Denny Park.
Officers driving by the park around 1 a.m. “watched as the man reached up, wrapped both his hands around the limb of the tree, and snapped off a large branch,†department spokesman Jonah Spangenthal-Lee reported. “After watching the Once-ler rip the tree limb from limb, officers stopped the 30-year-old man and arrested him for property destruction.â€
Officers estimated that the man caused around $200 in damage to the tree.