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Benton man arrested for timber theft

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BENTON, La., (KNOE 8 News) - A Benton man has been accused of stealing more than $64,000 worth of timber.

Randall Lee Harvill, 67, 1854 Linton Rd, was arrested this past week by Forestry Enforcement Manager Jim Baldwin of the Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry (LDAF) at the Bossier Parish Maximum Security Prison.

Harvill allegedly logged and sold 28 acres of timber owned by the Cypress-Black Bayou Recreation and Water Commission. He was also charged with criminal damage to property because he allegedly built a 1,414-foot long levee on the Commission's property.

Harvill's bond was set at $20,000.

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