Man charged with timber fraud; timber theft grows in Texas
Print COLLEGE STATION, Texas - Jacob Twomey has been accused of stealing timber and has been charged with a felony in Panola County, Texas. Texas A&M Forest Service law enforcement arrested Twomey last week, charging him with Timber Purchase as Trustee with Intent to Defraud an amount greater than $500 but less than $20,000. The unnamed plaintiff is a landowner who hired Twomey in the summer of 2020 to harvest timber on his property for a fixed rate per ton. Payments were made at first, say investigators, but slowly stopped as harvesting continued. “The plaintiff was partially paid for hi...
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