Man Faces Prison Time For Cutting Down 'Weeds' »
Posted By TimALoftis 1 year ago in NewsDENVER (CBS4) ? Call him Larry the truck driver. Larry Plooster. An average American, no Colorado criminal record, is now facing a felony charge and possible prison time for going onto city property and cutting down what one expert says were weeds.
"I think this is totally ridiculous" Plooster said.
Plooster, a 49-year-old UPS driver, lives in Fort Lupton. He and his wife bought a two-story home next to the Coyote Creek golf course, a municipal course. While Plooster is not a golfer, he says he paid a premium for a lot with a view of the 13th green. But in recent years, undergrowth around a nearby pond began to obscure the Plooster's view of the green.
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> Fort Lupton Police Chief Ron Grannis concedes "there's other things of more importance that may be occurring in the city," but he said when the police department received the complaint alleging thousands of dollars in city trees had been cut down, a felony crime, his department had no choice but to act.
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Do I understand this correctly - the police chief is saying that they arrest people on complaints alone without even verifying if the complaint is valid?-
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