CLOVER, S.C. (AP) - Police in South Carolina arrested a man accused of stealing two trees planted by a Girl Scouts troop.
News outlets report Clover police took Clifton Greene Jr. into custody Saturday.
A Facebook page for the town says a Japanese maple tree disappeared from the Clover Public Library in May. The Girl Scouts troop had planted it for a community project. The troop planted another tree after the first went missing. Then, the second tree was taken Friday.
Clover police says a tip led officers to arrest Greene Jr. for the theft of both trees. Capt. Logan McGarity says the officers re-planted the newer tree at the library.
Greene bonded out of the York County Detention Center on Sunday. It’s unclear whether he had an attorney who could comment.
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