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[8] [9] [10] The phone call was tracked and the perpetrator, Harvey Updyke, was arrested. Updyke, formerly of Dadeville, Alabama, was sentenced to pay a fine and spend time in jail, after which time he would be placed on probation. [11] [12] After the trees were poisoned, efforts to save them were unsuccessful. The corner was eventually ...
On Thursday night, the news broke that Harvey Updyke, the Alabama fan who infamously poisoned trees at Toomer’s Corner at Auburn, passed away at 71 years old. Paul Finebaum reflected on the ...
Updyke called into the Paul Finebaum Show in 2011 to confess his crime. He spent time in jail after pleading guilty in 2013. Harvey Updyke, man who poisoned Auburn trees, dies at 71 [Video]
In 2011, the poisoning of the trees on Toomer's Corner at Auburn University led a man, Harvey Updyke, to call the Finebaum show about the story. Finebaum was featured on the NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams and appeared on CNN, ESPN, MSNBC, and several other networks. He was blamed by many for the event, including one caller saying, "if ...
Police traced the call to the home of Harvey Updyke Jr. of Dadeville. Updyke, a retired Texas state trooper, was taken into custody at 1:26 am CST on February 17, 2011, and charged with one count of criminal mischief, a class C felony in Alabama. On March 22, 2013, he received a 3-year split sentence, which includes 6 months' incarceration and ...
For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 Help. ... The incident earned jail time for Harvey Updyke, who acknowledged poisoning the trees.
Updyke originally pleaded an insanity defense, but, on March 22, 2013, as part of a plea bargain with prosecutors, he pleaded guilty to a charge of criminal damage of an agricultural facility. The prosecutors dropped all other charges. Updyke was fined $1,000 and was given a three-year "split sentence" [15] of imprisonment. Under the terms of ...
The trees were removed after being poisoned by Alabama fan Harvey Updyke in 2010. ... For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 Help.