Tuesday, March 11, 2014

DDOT: "hundreds of trees in Bloomingdale and Truxton Circle have been vandalized in the past few days. Please be on the look out and call 311"; arrests made this morning, 03-12-2014

See this DDOT tweet:



Hundreds of trees in Bloomingdale and Truxton Circle have been vandalized in the past few days. Please be on the look out and call 311
4:53 PM - 11 Mar 2014.

Okay, see this tweet from Shomari Stone:

Another PHOTO: Vandals damage 100 trees w/ deep circles in NW DC. It can kill trees.
9:54 PM - 11 Mar 2014



Add see this follow-up tweet:

DC Police - Arrests made this morning in the case of tree vandals in the Bloomingdale neighborhood.
9:26 AM - 12 Mar 2014

2 comments:

Unknown said...

What does this mean? How does someone vandalize a tree? Are they being spray painted or cut down or something?

Adam said...

the twitters says that the trees are being "gashed"... maybe hit with a hammer? who knows. stupid is as stupid does. https://twitter.com/ShawingtonTimes/status/443561679196917760