Officials: Timber thieves stealing trees from state parks, forestry land

A crime trend that is taking state investigators deep into the woods.People are stealing trees in state parks, forestry land and even private property.“It’s not like it's a flower being pulled out of flower bed,” says Lt. Carl Vance with the State Division of Parks and Watercraft.“It takes years and years and years for these to grow back,”Lt. Vance says it’s easy to spot when someone has cut down a tree illegally.There are usually drag marks in the ground show