A stolen tree taken from Dunphy Park in Sausalito has metropolis officers baffled a few motive or suspect.
The tree in query is a juvenile Catalina ironwood tree. Officers consider it was dug up and eliminated someday between March 18 and March 21.
The tree, which is owned by the town, is about 6 toes excessive. It was planted right into a wood-chipped space close to the foot of Litho Road on the intersection with Bridgeway.
Mayor Janelle Kellman mentioned the tree was planted about 18 months in the past in the course of the metropolis’s Dunphy Park enchancment challenge. The $3.8 million effort included the removing of lead-contaminated soil, which was found in the course of the rehabilitation. The park operated as a municipal burn dump from the Nineteen Thirties to Fifties.
Kellman mentioned the tree is estimated to be between $750 and $1,000 in worth. A photograph supplied by the town confirmed the tree from Could 2021. On the time it was only a younger, bushy sapling and was simply toes from a metropolis signal that learn: “Welcome to Dunphy Park.”
Kellman mentioned the town had not had timber stolen prior to now, although rose bushes had been taken from Gabrielson Park.
“Our upkeep employees takes nice satisfaction in offering enhancements to our parks by planting and caring for the crops which can be put in,” she mentioned. “It's unlucky that this vandalism has occurred and we hope that future destruction of metropolis property doesn't occur.”
Lt. Stacy Gregory mentioned the police have been nonetheless within the information-gathering stage. She mentioned Monday the town had not acquired any ideas and a suspect had not been recognized.
“It was definitely uncommon. It’s not one thing that we see on daily basis,” she mentioned. “As of now it’s nonetheless a thriller. It’s simply type of a type of bizarre random circumstances.”
Officers discovered the stakes that supported the tree thrown into a close-by tidal inlet, a metropolis announcement mentioned.
Town believes the removing of the tree would have required a decide or shovel to extricate the roots with out damaging them. Town has warned the theft might have even occurred in the course of the day, with the thieves showing to be metropolis or contract staff to passersby.
Town reported the tree stolen on March 25 in its weekly e-newsletter. The police and the general public works departments mentioned they have been looking for help from the general public in serving to to establish suspects.
Kellman mentioned the town had additionally acquired phrase that timber have been stolen from Westamerica Financial institution at Bridgeway and Harbor Drive. She mentioned the town didn't have precise particulars, apart from the financial institution just lately improved its landscaping.
Members of the general public who noticed work or suspicious exercise within the space of Dunphy Park throughout these dates ought to contact the police division at 415-289-4170.