Los Angeles authorities have arrested a man suspected of using a chainsaw to cut down several trees along streets across the city ...

A homeless man was arrested for cutting down city-owned trees in downtown Los Angeles with a chainsaw over Easter weekend.

A man suspected of cutting down about a dozen trees with an electric chainsaw in downtown Los Angeles and nearby communities was arrested in connection with the bizarre crimes on city property.

Samuel Patrick Groft is accused of using a chainsaw to cut down trees in downtown Los Angeles, the Westlake District, and Glassell Park Ingrid Vasquez is a Digital News Writer at PEOPLE.