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Saturday, August 27, 2016
Man unhappy about sap from neighbor's tree cut it down causing it to fall onto his own home
A man in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, cut down his neighbor's tree
over the weekend because he thought it was ruining his car. The tree
ended up hitting his own apartment house.
Police said Raymond Mazzarella grabbed a chainsaw and cut down the tree
in his neighbor's yard on Saturday afternoon. The tree sat in his
neighbor's yard, but it had branches above his parking space. Those
branches would drip sap onto his car.
When he cut through the 36-inch wide trunk, the tree fell onto part of his own apartment building.
“He decided it was the best thing to do, to get rid of the tree, where he thought it was going to go, I don't know,” said Terry Best, a Pittston Township code enforcement officer.
Authorities condemned the building in Pittston Township, and five people have to find new places to stay.
Rick Woods also lived in the apartment house until it was condemned.
When the tree fell, Woods was in his apartment, sitting on his couch,
watching TV. All of a sudden, he heard a big crash.
“I thought a tractor trailer lost his brakes and ran into something, not realizing it was the house,” he said.
Police said Mazzarella was then checked out at a hospital. Upon his
release on Monday afternoon, a neighbor saw Mazzarella trespassing near
the apartment house and called police. When the neighbor confronted
him, Mazzarella punched him. The neighbor pulled out a stun gun to
protect himself.
Mazzarella then started hitting him with a baseball bat.
Mazzarella is charged with assault and harassment and is locked up in
the Luzerne County jail on $10,000 bail.
The Red Cross is helping the others who lived in the apartment building
with temporary places to stay. That's all Woods is hoping for.
“I find a place to live. That's about it,” he said.
Officials aren't sure when or if people will be allowed back in the
building because the foundation has shifted.
“It's going to be a long time before somebody gets back in here,” Best
said.
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