City of
Henderson News
Release
FROM
THE OFFICE OF THE
POLICE CHIEF
November 28, 2005
223 Lead Street,
Henderson, NV,
89015
FOR IMMEDIATE NEWS
RELEASE
Please contact
Keith Paul at
267-4510 or
Officer
Todd Rasmussen at
267-4509 for
further
information
Tree Cutting
Suspect Arrested
Henderson, Nev. –
A 58-year-old man
was arrested early
Saturday in
connection with at
least 83 trees
being cut down in
the Sun City
Anthem area. The
destroyed trees
were valued at
$57,000.
Douglas
Raymond Hoffman
was charged with
one felony count
of injury to other
property (NRS
206.310). He was
booked into the
Henderson
Detention Center
about 5:30 a.m.
Saturday and
released on $3,000
bond about six
hours later.
Hoffman’s arrest
came after a
citizen was
driving home from
work about 2:15
a.m. Saturday and
noticed some trees
had been cut down
that were standing
the day before at
Sun City Anthem
Parkway and Scotts
Valley. The man
then drove around
the area searching
for a possible
suspect.
At the
intersection of
Sun City Anthem
and
Anthem Parkway,
the man saw
someone with his
left hand on the
trunk of a tree
and his right hand
moving back and
forth. The witness
confronted the
suspect and found
a handsaw
concealed inside
the suspect’s
coat.
The witness took
the man to a
nearby firehouse
and called police.
The suspect, later
identified as
Hoffman, denied
any wrongdoing,
claiming he found
the saw.
There have been
several incidents
of trees being cut
down in the Sun
City Anthem area
including the most
recent incidents
in October and
February. There
have been no
arrests in those
cases. The
investigations
into those crimes
are continuing.
The trees that
were cut down
Saturday were in
common areas of
the development
and not in
residents’ yards.
The owner of the
trees is the
Anthem Council, a
group which
oversees the
community
associations and
manages the
landscape services
for Anthem. The
council is
controlled by
Pulte Homes
representatives.
Questions
regarding the
Anthem Council or
Pulte Homes may be
directed to
Allison Copening,
Pulte Homes/Del
Webb Director of
Public Affairs,
(702) 914-4777 or
cell phone (702)
496-6664.
Anyone with
information is
asked to contact
the Henderson
Police Department
at 267-5000 or
Crime Stoppers at
385-5555.