Logger ordered to pay landowner $28,000 for stealing trees

(This story is by Ed Damon of the Bennington Banner, in which it first appeared Sept. 3, 2017.)
BENNINGTON — A judge has ordered an Arlington man who admitted cutting down a property owner’s trees without permission to pay $28,000 in restitution.
Jason P. Morse was charged after he cut down nearly 5 acres of trees on a property two years ago during a logging operation that crossed property lines. In June, Morse, 36, pleaded guilty in Bennington County Superior Court to a felony count