Ex-TV chef contestant accused of poisoning neighbour’s tree

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Video footage also shows him taking off a mask and gloves, near a jug they believe contained the herbicide. Half of the leaves have wilted on the tree that belongs to his next-door neighbour, a retired schoolteacher who has lived on Seeley Street for more than 20 years, enjoying squirrels, birds and other animals that scampered around the maple.

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Harvey is charged with criminal mischief and criminal trespass.

The chef, who owns the Bar Salumi restaurant in Brooklyn’s Gowanus neighbourhood, has declined to comment.

A judge also issued an order of protection against Harvey, barring him from going near the tree’s owner, who requested that her name not be used.

Harvey and his wife bought their row house last summer but have not yet moved in while it’s being renovated.

It wasn’t his first run-in with the couple’s new neighbours.

The News said that after acquiring the home, Harvey contacted the tree owner saying it created too much shade for his roof solar panel and should be cut down. She disagreed, so he sent in a crew that sawed off some large limbs, the newspaper reported.

The Associated Press