Man gets 30 months in prison for theft of trees

TACOMA — A Rochester man was sentenced Friday in federal court to 30 months in prison and a $12,430 fine for the theft of trees — mostly high-elevation native trees — worth more than $60,000.

Greg A. Gray, who pleaded guilty in August to one count of theft of government property and one count of money laundering, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Ronald Leighton.

The fine represents the amount of money Gray would have paid had he obtained Forest Service permits for the trees taken between August 2000 and July 2003.