New trees in Brighton Center come with a plea for help

BirdMachine reports new trees have been planted along Winship Street in Brighton Center, for the first time in a long time, because that's one of the streets the Brighton tree ninja has targeted for more than a decade with a blade with which to cut up trees so that they would die.

Joseph Rizza was arrested in April in connection with tree attacks, a month after he was charged with other tree attacks. Trees died so frequently in Brighton Center due to the attacks that the city parks department stopped planting new trees along the streets Rizza was alleged to have prowled, usually at night, dressed in black.