HENRY COUNTY, Tenn. (WZTV) — A Kentucky man must pay thousands of dollars after cutting down trees that didn’t belong to him.
The Tennessee Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Crime Unit says a Henry County property owner reported several white oak trees were cut and removed from his land without permission in January. An investigation found James Thomas Williams Jr., from Murray, Kentucky, intentionally entered the property and harvested the timber.
A consulting forester determined about $18,000 worth of timber had been cut and removed from the property.
A special agent with the ACU obtained warrants charging Williams with theft of property over $10,000 and criminal trespass. The Henry County Sheriff’s Department brought Williams to Tennessee in February to face these charges…