Harvey Updyke, the Alabama fan who poisoned the oak trees at Toomer's Corner in Auburn, has been told to appear before a court after it was discovered that he has only paid $5,000 towards his $800,000 restitution penalty for ruining the trees, according to WRBL (Georgia)."Harvey Updyke has never left my radar," Lee County District Attorney Brandon Hughes told the network. "We have been keeping an eye on his payments, or more specifically his non-payment, and he has made exactly two payments for a total of $200 in the past year.
"Because of that, we have been looking for him for close to a year, and we finally found him."
Updyke was originally given a three-year split sentence with five-years probation. He will appear in court on Oct. 30 to explain why he has missed the payments.
District Attorney Hughes seems intent on making sure Updyke pays the rest of the money, saying, "As long as I am in this office and he is still breathing, I am going to be a bur in his side under his saddle and make sure he pays what he owes."
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