Tree Trimmer Charged After Hydraulic Grapple Prank Goes Horribly Wrong

Dakota County Jail A Minnesota tree trimmer has been charged with killing his co-worker after police say a workplace prank turned deadly. Christopher Boone Crimmins, 34, faces second-degree manslaughter in the death of 26-year-old Tyler Anthony Lynch in Apple Valley. According to a Dakota County criminal complaint, the men were clearing branches Thursday when they began “f---ing around” with a hydraulic, truck-mounted grapple. Crimmins allegedly moved the machine to make its shadow appear to…