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Birch Tree Man Indicted for Stealing Timber from National Forest

For Immediate Release
U.S. Attorney's Office, Western District of Missouri

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – Tom Larson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Birch Tree, Mo., man was indicted by a federal grand jury today for stealing timber from a national forest.

John R. Marlow, 46, of Birch Tree, was charged in a three-count indictment returned by a federal grand jury in Springfield, Mo.

Today’s indictment alleges that Marlow stole government property worth more than $1,000 between Jan. 1, 2016, and March 20, 2017. Marlow allegedly stole timber from federal property in Oregon County, Mo.

Marlow is also charged with one count of cutting and removing timber from public lands and one count of maintaining a trail without authorization within the Mark Twain National Forest.

Larson cautioned that the charges contained in this indictment are simply accusations, and not evidence of guilt.

This case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Casey Clark. It was investigated by the U.S. Forest Service, the Oregon County, Mo., Sheriff’s Department and the Alton, Mo., Police Department.
 

Updated December 12, 2017