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Poisoned trees gave a wealthy couple in Maine a great ocean view. Residents wonder, at what cost?
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- Опубликовано: 20 июн 2024
- Wealth and hubris fuel the tale of a politically connected Missouri couple who allegedly poisoned a neighbor’s trees to secure their million-dollar view in Camden.
They only regret because they got caught….
That's kind of what their job is.
@@VoidHalo No, if they have nothing intelligent to say they are paid to say "no comment"
Typical Missouri Republican attitude, selfish, immoral, and thieving given the chance. This these POSs have already proven that, so by extension, and that the state votes for monsters, one can conclude the majority of the state is so tainted.
Rich, entitled people performing illegal acts...
With no consequences. POC invade somebody's property and they go to prison for at least 10 years.
Nothing new!
@@Mikdeelow yup
And with absolutely no consciences.
Sounds like politicians
Charge them for the exact replacement of the trees and cleanup of the land.
Put them in jail for as long as those trees stood!
Deprive them of the benefit of their acts by making them turn over their property to the victim. It isn't equity if they can just throw money at it.
No, charge them all remediation costs OR twice the increase in their property value, whichever is higher. If the cost is less than what they gained by dumping poison, they’re not adequately punished.
If they have enough money they may not care about paying out money. Remediation costs and payment of increase in property value still leave them with their goal, their own property with a clear view.
There is only one remedy that completely deprives them of the benefits of their actions - that is if they are required to give up ownership and occupancy of the
property.
And erect something in front of their house so they don't just get to keep the view.
They sincerely regret getting caught.
Yup.
@@wendybutler1681They paid a lot of fines, didn't they. They also shamed themselves pretty well also.
10 million fine would be more appropriate.
30' trees can be transplanted after they decontaminate the soil. Cone shaped machines dig the ground and insert new trees.
@@2pugman Those existing trees were a whole lot bigger than that. it would take 50 years or more for the original canopy and privacy level to return.
Plus 10 years in prison.
@@2pugmanyou'd probably find residual poison in the soil, the damage has been done, was something similar in Australia I think where they made the killer's put up high fence's so as not to gain from it
@@johngibson3837 Oh that is a good idea. Erect something to ruin the view they poisoned for.
When this happens in Australia , apart from fines , they erect a billboard where the trees used to be explaining what's happened to the trees . Which blocks their view .
Here in the U.S., I'll bet that the billboard would be burned to the ground within 24 hours.
@@bellagirlgirl8827 they sometimes place hidden cameras near the billboards for that reason .
@@macman1469 ruclips.net/video/ldOHZZQpXgg/видео.html
That makes it sound like a not uncommon occurrence…….
@@aliannarodriguez1581 It doesn't happen often , possibly because of how we deal with it .
Trespass and destroying property as well as poisoning surrounding area...
How would those acts be only a misdemeanor???
I have a felony for a gram of marijuana when I was 18 I’m 35 kind of shit that will drive a man fucking insane
The city should be suing the couple. In California the couple likely will be forced to clean and decontaminate the poison. Since the couple did it on purpose there will be a big fine.
It's outrageous! They should be arrested, jailed, and fined.
they are rich it's not going to happen 🤑🤑🤑💰💸💸💸💸💸💸
For killing some trees ? They knew they would have to pay for damages. Big deal. They have more money than the pope.
No it’s not a jail term to kill a tree. Fine = yes. Ridiculous to jail everything. Pretty soon jails will be bigger than the cities.
They don't regret ANYTHING but being caught and charged. People with money just do what they want and pay for the consequences. In the end, they get what they want. I've seen it lots of times. Money wins 99% of the time.
Exactly!
When I was growing up it was pretty hard for anyone to accumulate so much money that you could afford to be above the law. The taxes for super high earners got as high as 80 or 90% of annual income. They were still extremely well off, but they didn’t accumulate so much wealth that they could intimidate the police or buy politicians.
Whenever ethics go against profit, it is seldom that profit loses-Shirley Chisholm.
@@aliannarodriguez1581that's BS and you know it. There have always been wealthy people who have the law/politicians in their pockets.
A local Michigan golf course wanted to cut down a bunch of trees to improve the view of Lake Michigan.
The Dept. of Natural Resources said "no".
The course cut them down anyhow.
And about 3 years later the hill the golf course was on collapsed into the Lake.
Great.
Karma
This was an even better story than the one I just watched. Thank you for sharing.
Karma is a biatch. The roots of those trees were probably what was holding up the hill keeping it from falling into the lake and by killing those trees their roots went with them
People with hillsides might want to consider the lesson here as well. The steeper the slope, the more critical deep rooted trees and shrubs are to stabilizing it. Lately I’ve seen some instances of people moving into homes and cutting down the trees on steep slopes ABOVE their houses. I think they are probably first time homeowners-the knowledge of how dangerous this is needs to be more widespread!
What the rich couple did was CRIMINAL. $15 million in damages? They should be in jail and lose their house.
lmao you sound ridiculous. They killed some trees, the environmental damage claim is an utter joke.
@@WaterspoutsOfTheDeep They devalued their neighbor's property to increase their own.
What kind of mental illness do you have? Why are you saying this about Pfizer and the other fake vaccine makers
@@WaterspoutsOfTheDeepare you really that stupid or are you just another rethugulin troll ?
@@WaterspoutsOfTheDeepTHEY POISONED A PUBLIC BEACH. Those pesticides don’t stay in one place. And what the hell gives them the right to kill someone’s else’s trees? Rich entitled fks.😡
There needs to be a lien put against the house for the costs of cleanup and restoration of the natrual trees.
That woman, Bond, was sneaky and vicious. Now they’re paying for what she did, caring about no one but herself.
It was not a mistake it was a decision... Quit calling people's choices and decisions mistakes
He's an attorney, the truth can be elusive for attorneys.
@@stevepettersen3283 And the Rich.
I’ve worked for a tree service in a VERY affluent, second-home “town” for many years, and we have to deal with this type of entitled nonsense ALL THE TIME! I can’t tell you how many times the crew has been told to cut trees on a neighboring property because they are in the view and “the neighbors won’t mind”. We always refuse (of course), but the prevailing sentiment with these people seems to be “act now, ask permission and/or deal with repercussions later”. And whatever fines are levied are mere pocket change to these spoiled brats!
I h8 rich ppl.
An inevitable mindset to adopt when fines for unlawful behaviour are lower than the rewards for said behaviour, which is pretty much standard practice for the wealthy.
The Bonds sincerely regret getting caught.....
Let them see the harbor from their prison cells for the next 10 years 😢
Nice! I’m a Landscaper on a bridge-connected island in mid-Maine and am glad this is a public story. I’ve seen and had many clients who accidentally had an accident oh such an accident that their view suddenly “re”-appeared after. Enough of this nonsense and thank you for doing a broadcast about it. They basically hoped the ferry wouldn’t notice and took the (“petite”) fine when they did.
What other deeds have they been part of and not prosecuted. Lovely neighbors
Entitled outta staters are the worst.
Ain’t that the truth.
For introducing poison into the ground water and surrounding areas the homeowners responsible should have to forfeit their home/property as part of the penalty for their crimes against the community. Shalom
Exactly this.
You intentionally poison Aquifer and surface waters everyday of your entitled life hypocrite, should we take all from you as well, big Pharma product user.
They should have to stay where they are and have something erected in front of the house to take the view away again. They'll just poison the next place. If they stay, then they have to keep facing the people of the city they poisoned. For rich people, fines are just 'the cost' of doing whatever they want to do. Currently, they have the view they wanted in the end.
The couple should be forced to pay for decontamination of the soil besides a big fine.
We had a rich entitled woman here in Vancouver who did similar to get a better view of English Bay. She killed trees on Park Board land. She was severely fined and she was also shunned and ostracized by the community and neighbourhood. She eventually had to sell and move and her business tanked because nobody wants to do business with her anymore. She paid a yuge, really yuge price for her selfish entitled actions😂😂‼️
Yay! For real justice!🎉🎉🎉🎉😊
I had a jealous neighbor pour round-up on some of my grape vines, one day they were fully leafed out, next day they were drooping and then died. Old loser bastard has died since!
I'm not even going to ask what happened to him ,let's just say I understand why it had to be done 😂😂😂.
@@bradleysimpson9819, lolol!
My neighbor did the same to me. I just let it go because I watch Fear Thy Neighbor on ID and 3 grape vines just ain’t worth dying for, lol. Glad your story had a happy ending!😀
replant and charge them for adult trees, charge them for full environmental cleanup and monitoring. Enough is enough with rich people getting away with whatever they want.
The Bond’s deserve jail time for this despicable crime!
I bet they would talk your ear off about “criminals” and are pro law enforcement.
Oh no doubt!
The thing is for some people, a "criminal" is not a person who has committed a crime, but a person from a social category (that category may vary) they dislike. If someone from a category they approve of (e.g. police officers is a common one) commits a crime, they don't think of that person as a criminal.
And those bleeping people at the border! Coming for our trees! Er, I mean jobs!
Charge, Convict, Imprison
Prison? 😂
@@adamsilberman9377 OK, wood chipper
What a horrible person. She should be arrested for trespassing, at the very least. They are not remorseful...please. Decent people don't behave this way.
Since the Bonds bought their house six years ago, the trees likely covered the view at that time. What changed? People are so sad and strange. They can't enjoy living there now. Why bring such unhappiness into their lives? They may have money, but they don't know how to live life well. Living life well is being happy in your neighborhood with good relations among neighbors.
My ex husband is an arborist. There is something called a “vista cut” where portions of branches are removed, often on neighboring properties to open up the view. Of course permission is needed. I also recall people poisoning trees in their view etc. This is why I adore dogs.
Wealth & greed often walk hand in hand. The Bonds will pay their fine, sell their house for more than they would have gotten before the poisoning, and still be rich. The ground and water in Camden will still be polluted.
Fines are not enough. Also how did the State only get $200k?
get the epa involved. these people should be fined millions and put in jail.
Not just rich people do this. In my Township a guy went out in the middle of a blizzard to cut down his neighbor's trees to have a nice lake view. Obviously everybody knew he did it, he was caught and punished. Even with low visibility, you can't hide the sound of a chainsaw.
How long do Oak trees have leaves up there, 4 months a year? That's pretty messed up.
Exactly... They can see the bay most of the year but got greedy. They had enough money to just cut them down or have them trimmed up really good.
@@ginadelsasso288No, the trees weren’t on their property. That kind of criminal vandalism would have landed a person with less money in jail. In fact, a woman got jailed and convicted because a pipeline company that was building on her land claimed she was putting out meat on her land to attract predators. I don’t know how the heck they proved that, or even what law it violated, but the pipeline company had money and she didn’t.
Depends on the region the oak tree is growing. Up here most Oak trees do drop their leaves. Considering most out of staters that own property in "Camden" come in for the summer months. They want the view of the harbor or bay, Oaks would be fully leaved. I have worked in that town on a "vacation home" for a family that owns a former Maine business. They tend to spend a month at the home or so, have multiple properties and have helped local companies with hiring for projects. Indecisiveness is there biggest issue with this one, one person lives in London and others live in another state. So projects dragged on, which is nice for us. Anyways, entitlement played into it when another project next door came to the company and an architect was next door meeting with new clients, old clients were pissed that they weren't being catered to.
Wouldn't anyone else have been arrested? Trespassing and poisoning (with the intent to destroy property that belongs to someone else) trees and other plant life on someone else's property? If those are oak trees their value had to be in the felony range... so how is that not a felony?
This woman needs to be held accountable to all who have been (or will be) negatively affected by her greedy actions.
Amelia and Arthur are not very bright. They made no MISTAKE! It was premeditated. And now everyone hates them. Pity. Not.
The citizens will pay for this. Rich people never lose.
They only regret that they got caught. They knew once the trees were gone, it would be difficult to replace them.
But not impossible. 😉
@@timdowney6721Depends on the herbicide they used. It may be that nothing will grow in that soil for a long time. If they were truly regretful they would contemplate what it would be like to sip what they made those trees drink.
She should be arrested.
Probably 10,000 hours community service cleaning the Maine roads would be more stinging and appropriate.
@@gotwalk and should have to buy replacement trees.
Oaks have a tap root; that chemical would spread, and spread more and more over the years. It's not over.
Karma is coming…
How about a view of the bars in your town’s jail.😊
They should also have to forfeit their property to the neighbor.
Fine the he'll outta them, charge them for more trees,charge them for cleanup, but lets not be ridiculous here. You can't give their house to the wronged neighbor. They are crappy people,but that's not illegal.
They should be jailed for this! And publicly shamed for the irreversible long term damage on multiple levels. Disgusting display of sociopathic behavior
Yeah, the levels being below the EPA limits wouldn't make me feel better since 2016 they have raised the amount for hazardous chemicals that is acceptable by the EPA 25 years from now everyone will have cancer that lives in those homes.
Yeah the Trump Administration raped the EPA. I have a friend that works at the EPA and even now there is still fall out from that era. We are both environmentalist and prior to 2016 we used to have conversations about such things on the phone even when she was at work on a break or whatnot. After 2016 however she would only speak to me at home and only for sure when it wasn't on any kind of technology that she used for work including her own personal laptop or cell phone. She literally had a separate cell phone landline and a tablet to communicate with her friends and family. It was so bad that there is still fall out and holdovers from that time period today. We used to talk all the time and then suddenly we really didn't much at all to this day. The whole thing really took the wind out of her sails. It's all about conquer and divide.
There might not even BE an EPA after this next election.
@@aliannarodriguez1581that’s why we have to vote in numbers too big to dispute.
It will probably take a year or two for the Bonds to notice that "somebody" introduced TERMITES to their house!
Great job reporting.
The Bonds should be forced to pay for a giant billboard with pictures of the trees to be erected in their place (on the Bond's property) until the replacement trees planted after the soil remediation grow to the same height as when the crime was committed. They pay for everything and the billboard doesn't get removed because they sold the property so they can't benefit from the increased property value. That would be justice.
They only regret getting caught. 20 years in prison sounds about right.
If their home was taken from them, they would not worry about the view anymore.
And the locals would be happy to see them move.
In Michigan, they would have to pay treble damages for the cost of replacing the trees with mature trees.
I have just the opposite problem. Years ago I was going to purchase land near the bay. A state agency, Critical Area for the Chesapeak Bay said I could only cut down 6 trees. And for every tree I cut down, I had to plant 6 more, native to the state. Rich people bought that land and knocked down every tree but 6, and only planted bushes. They complained to the town about their view of a parking lot and so the town planted over 20 trees, and will block MY view of the bay! Town should have put the 20 trees on their property!
If I understand the story, the town didn’t apply any of the restrictions to the wealthy couple that they told you they would apply to the property if you bought it? Any idea how they got around it? Sounds like it would be a juicy story for the local paper.
She needs to be in jail. How is she not? Oh wait- that’s right- she’s rich. They have a different set of laws, just like cops and judges and politicians.
Sad and true. Smh. D@mn rich a$$holes get away with everything.😡
The only thing they regret is being caught
The lousy behaviour of some is astounding. Some criminals just keep on privileging themselves. It was not a mistake it was a malicious act.
Why would you want to see the harbor? Nothing but boats and ocean. Poisoning people's trees is straight up scummy.
This was not a mistake it was deliberate! Shame on them for doing it and for trying to downplay their actions.
Make them plant more trees, pay for them and have to care for them for the rest of their lives.
Planting mature trees would be a costly endeavour and should be considered to replace the dead trees. I have seen full size trees costing 6 digits at least per tree.
Every resident of that town should sue those idiots for damages.
There are no damages. Listen to the end of this sensational video
Those people should go to prison!
How many animals and other creatures called those trees home?
Ikr?😢
So, now that lady has a great view and a bunch of doctor's appointments? I don't get it. I'd rather have all my hair and a normal white cell count.
My neighbor pours bathroom cleaner all over my backyard and this isn't a rich neighborhood. It's not just rich people who behave like this. Complaining to the sheriffs deputies does nothing because they're all corrupt. I know it's bathroom cleaner because of the smell and because the soil foams up when I spray water on it. This area is conservative Christian and Republican.
Catch them on camera
conservative and Christian makes them being a criminal MORE likely, not less.
@@Alex.smiffyoh yeah! When ppl brag about being Christian, I know to lock my valuables up and watch my back.
Last 3 words of your comment explain everything. Get a surveillance camera, and save the footage--you'll need it someday.
She assaulted the community with poison! Twenty years in prison.
Guess where all of your lawn fertilizer ends up?
When applied correctly, into your soil.
Bring them to justice poisoning trees and park is reprehensible 😢
Jail. Not just fines. Jail.
ALL OF THE ABOVE
Why does the reporter say pesticide?
Maine folks do not deserve this catastrophic bullying by 'ousiders'.
The audacity of people amazes me sometimes
This is the story of the summer!!! Hope more news comes from this and the town of Camden can prevail
Bond. Bail Bond 👮♀️
Never mind Pussy Galore. I preferred her original name. Vaginal Bonanza.
So, this is how rich people fight. Must be nice to be able to afford to pay 1.5 million in damages and fines. Did you hear the response from their Lawyer, calling their criminal act, "a Mistake." That's hilarious.
What a surprise, we that live outside of St. Louis do not want people from St. Louis living next to us , they are terrible neighbors
A crime against humanity for personal gain. Shameful
The sense of entitlement is appalling!
Put that person in jail!
Selfish greed self entitlement should earn them being sued to homelessness .
Deplorable.
how about an environmental terrorism charge
You don't kill trees with a pesticide.
Killing Trees is very very expensive. Now you compound possible environmental damage. They better just move out and disappear.
They should be responsible for all the clean up
They got what they wanted, and they were happy with the results.
How convenient for them. Make these people be accountable! Disgusting! If that made it's way into the water, sealife would die.
"A view, one worth killing for" could the reporter be any more melodramatic!
The Bonds sincerely regret...getting caught. What they have done is unacceptable and despicable. They knew the trees were there when they bought. If it was that big of a deal they should have bought elsewhere.
Purposely poisoning trees on someone else’s property isn’t a mistake..shouldn’t matter if the leaching amounts are low,they should’ve never been there…
Man - that's a Million Dollar view ! Made those Bay Windows worthwhile.
The gall to trespass onto someone else's property to poison their trees is especially egregious. Unbelievable! These people deserve to be held accountable to the full extent.
They should have to completely loose ownership of their home.
Great tag line Ryan.
Hey, I wonder who the Bonds are supporting in the election. 🤔
Really, who cares? Stop making everything political. We get enough of that crap on the news.
Missouri, total Bidumb country.
@queens6583 must be a Trump supporter and probably thinks poisoning Neighbors trees is perfectly acceptable
@@queens6583 Did you think this is a sitcom?
Well if you don’t want to see crimes like this become either impossible to prosecute, or decriminalized entirely, you will want to look at the record of executive decisions and appointments starting in 2016. It’s not even remotely subtle, all environmental regulations were being dismantled or being made unenforceable. Presidential appointees, heading agencies charged with protecting the public from pollution, publicly stated stated that their job was to dismantle their agencies.
This should be criminal... 💥
The Bond's lawyer said, 'They regret their mistake.' MISTAKE ! ?
No, that was NOT a mistake, it was a well thought out CHOICE to poison their neighbor's oak trees.
The wordage the lawyer used, just proves to me that in talking with them, that they want to convince people that it was just a 'mistake' to trespass on their neighbor's property, to spray a poison, and too, knowing that the neighbors would have to endure the Expensive cost of tree and other plants removal, and in having to pay to bring in new plants to replace those lost. Yeah...Oops...a mistake.
I hope this will end with an uncomfortable amount of jail time...at least a year, and that the monetary penalties will leave them only able to afford a single wide trailer in some run down trailer park. The entitlement of that couple is beyond the pale.
Well done reporting.
what kind of sociopath poisons trees
Perhaps the Gourmans did not want to have neighbors looking down on their property
There should be criminal charges... thats disgusting
Mrs. Bond ought to go to jail for Criminal Trespass, for going on to Mrs. Gorman's property with criminal intent to destroy property, which she did-----she destroyed Mrs. Gorman's trees. She ought to go to jail first criminal trespass and destruction of property. Her money should not be able to buy her way out of criminal charges.
Same for all squatters
Straight up greed. A home with a view has a higher resale value as opposed to one that is blocked by mature oak trees. Most likely be a fine and restitution, nothing more
It’s our choice to have a group of people whose wealth puts them above the law. It was next to impossible to accumulate extreme wealth in the decades prior to the 80s because the highest marginal income tax rate was 80 or 90 percent. Rich people do provide a lot of entertainment value of course, so there’s that.