Harvey A. Updyke of Dadeville, 62, was arrested Feb. 17 at 1:26 a.m. for a criminal mischief warrant in connection to the application of herbicide to the Toomer's oak trees.
Updyke was taken to the Lee County Detention Center.
A caller identified only as "Al from Dadeville" admitted on the Paul Finebaum show Jan. 27 that he poisoned the trees at Toomer's following the 2010 Iron Bowl.
The Auburn Police Department, Federal Bureau of Investigation, U.S. Marshals Service, State of Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries (Pesticide Management Section), Tallapoosa County Sheriff's Office, Dadeville Police Department and Auburn University are working on the case.
Auburn administrators and local law enforcement officials held a press conference in front of Samford Hall at 10:30 a.m.
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