Tips, publicity and police work helped lead Los Angeles officials to the man they say cut down or damaged 13 trees over the span of seven days in April.

PREVIOUS COVERAGE: Trees hacked by chainsaw-wielding vandals in DTLA Groft is accused of cutting down trees in the following areas: in the 500 block of North Broadway, near Cesar E. Chavez Avenue ...

The Los Angeles Police Department arrested a suspect Tuesday after several tips and surveillance video helped detectives identify a man ... chain saw to cut down at least 13 mature trees.

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.

The man who allegedly used a chainsaw to cut down 13 trees in downtown Los Angeles and nearby areas has been ordered to stand trial on vandalism charges. Over the weekend of April 18 and 19 ...

A man has been arrested in connection with dozens of city-owned trees in Los Angeles that were cut down with a chainsaw over the Easter Holiday weekend. While law enforcement officials had no ...

Police have arrested the man suspected of hacking down over ... They said Groft allegedly used a chainsaw to cut down the trees in the downtown Los Angeles community, the Westlake District as ...

A man accused of using a chainsaw to cut down 13 trees — primarily in downtown Los Angeles — was ordered Thursday to stand trial on nearly a dozen vandalism charges. Los Angeles County ...

Crews were at work clearing felled trees in downtown Los Angeles Monday after someone on a bicycle used a small cordless chainsaw to cut them down in an act of vandalism. The attacks apparently ...

Samuel Patrick Groft (left) was busted for allegedly cutting down at least 11 trees (right) around the Los Angeles area (Pictures: Los Angeles Police Department) A man allegedly used a chainsaw to ...