Two Cavendish men are facing criminal charges for illegally logging trees from state property.
Matthew Wyman, 31, is charged with two counts of unlawful mischief, and Joey Wyman, 34, is charged with two counts of sale or possession of private property, the Vermont Attorney General’s Office announced Wednesday.
The two men allegedly cut down and sold the wood from a maple and a yellow birch cut from the Proctor Piper State Forest, according to documents the AG’s office filed in criminal court in Windsor County.
The lumber allegedly fetched a price of more than $1,200.
The two pleaded not guilty to their respective charges at an arraignment in court Wednesday, according to a press release from the Attorney General’s Office.
Matthew Wyman could face up to five and a half years in prison and a fine of $5,500 for allegedly cutting down the trees, while Joey Wyman could serve as long as 11 years in prison and a fine of $6,000 for selling the lumber, according to the release.
