Bemidji Pioneer: Northeast Minnesota man charged as birch tree bandit

AUOROA, Minn. — A 40-year-old Aurora man has been charged with stealing more than $3,400 worth of birch trees off state and county land near the Iron Range.

A criminal complaint has been filed in St. Louis County District Court against David Allen Lawrence for timber theft from state land.

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