SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — A man from the Kansas City area is accused of scamming a Springfield homeowner out of thousands of dollars after allegedly misrepresenting the condition of a tree and abandoning cleanup work.
Tony Dale Wickam, born in 1997, is charged with stealing $750 or more, a Class D felony, in Greene County Circuit Court.
He’s accused of appearing uninvited at a residence May 2, 2025, and soliciting tree removal services while claiming a large tree on the property was “waterlogged,” hollow and in immediate danger of falling. Wickam also allegedly told the homeowner that the city would remove any debris created by the work…