Surveillance Video Captures Thieves Stealing Bonsai Trees From St. Paul Home

CBS Minnesota

August 25, 2021

A St. Paul couple is asking for the community’s help in identifying the thieves who stole a number of their bonsai trees over the weekend.

The couple, who does not wish to be named, says the trees were stolen from a display outside their home in the West 7th Street neighborhood. The thieves took several of the small, meticulously cultivated trees from an outside display, even though they were drilled to a bench and lit by flood lights.

The owners calculate the loss to be in the thousands of dollars. One of them has been working with bonsai trees for about five years.

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