Sara Barnes Torched 3,500-year-old Cypress Tree 'The Senator' So She Can See Her Drugs

Woman Torches 3,500-year-old Cypress Tree So She Can See Her Drugs
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A woman has been charged with setting a fire that burned a 3,500-year-old cypress tree known as "The Senator," and she told police she did so in order to better see the drugs she was about to take.

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