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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 ...
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]
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 ...
The trees were removed after being poisoned by Alabama fan Harvey Updyke in 2010. Auburn had asked fans not to roll the new trees after their planting in February 2017 until they were established ...
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 ...
[16] [17] Updyke was released from jail on June 10, 2013. [18] Tree experts worked for more than two years to save the Toomer's oaks, but, in the end, the efforts were not successful. On April 23, 2013, the two trees were cut down. [19] Three days earlier, Auburn fans "rolled" the trees for a final time. [20]
In recent years, Plainsman stories have been picked up by almost every national major media outlet, including stories covering a triple homicide at an off-campus apartment complex, the confession of Toomer's Tree poisoner Harvey Updyke and the theft of more than 1,000 copies of The Plainsman by members of Auburn SGA.
The incident earned jail time for Harvey Updyke, who acknowledged poisoning the trees. The chemical contaminates soil and does not break down, so it continues to kill plants.