OPELIKA, Ala. -- The case against a man accused of torching one of Auburn Universitys famed oak trees at Toomers Corner is going to a grand jury.The Opelika-Auburn News (http://bit.ly/2dq3Jqn) reported Thursday that a judge sent the case against Jochen Wiest, 29, of Auburn to a grand jury to consider an indictment following a hearing Wednesday.Covering the Toomers oaks with toilet paper after Auburn football victories is a school tradition that had been frustrated after University of Alabama fan Harvey Updyke poisoned the original trees, which were removed and replaced with new oaks in February 2015. This fall was the first season when school officials allowed fans to resume rolling the young trees with the highly flammable paper.Wiest was arrested as flames engulfed one of the young trees after Auburn beat Louisiana State University on Sept. 24.An Auburn student said she saw Weist set fire to the toilet paper, followed him and yelled for help detaining the man until officers arrived. Auburn police detective Michael Creighton testified that Wiest had a lighter on him and was wearing an Auburn hat.Weist, a German national living in Auburn, is free on bond. He did not attend the hearing and has not entered a plea to the charges, which include public intoxication, criminal mischief and damaging a venerated object. The grand jury could add or change the charges, or decline to indict him for any crimes.Defense lawyer Margaret Brown questioned the charges, saying the Toomers Oaks could not be considered a venerated object under the law because they arent a structure, place of worship, burial or monument.But Prosecutor Jessica Venturi said the trees were considered a monument the second they were installed.District Judge Steven Speakman said the status of the trees was more of a legal question than a factual question.---Information from: Opelika-Auburn News, http://www.oanow.com/Sergei Fedorov Jersey . The 43-year-old closer, in his 19th and final big league season, has said hed like to play the outfield. Yankees manager Joe Girardi says hes thinking about allowing Rivera to do it this weekend, when the Yankees finish their season with a three-game series at the Houston Astros. Randy Ladouceur Jersey . -- Tony Stewart is 20 pounds lighter and has a titanium rod in his surgically repaired right leg. https://www.cheapducks.com/1067c-nick-ritchie-jersey-ducks.html . Jeff Green scored 13 points and Kris Humphries 12 for the Celtics, who nearly blew an 18-point, second-half lead. Sullingers 20-20 was the first by a Celtics player since Kevin Garnetts first game in Boston in 2007. Garnett was dealt -- along with Paul Pierce -- to Brooklyn during the off-season. Custom Anaheim Ducks Jerseys . Tracey comes to the Blue Bombers after spending over a decade with Queens University. Most recently he was the schools assistant football coach. Cam Fowler Jersey . -- Nate Robinson has played for seven teams, so beating one of them is no longer a rare occurrence. England coach Wayne Bennett has added former Huddersfield Giants mentor Paul Anderson to his backroom team ahead of the upcoming Four Nations rugby league tournament.Anderson has been appointed as an assistant coach to Bennett alongside Denis Betts and Paul Wellens.Anderson led the Giants for four years between 2012 and 2016 leading his team to League Leaders Shield success in his first full season in charge and the play-offs in 2014 and 2015.A former player with Leeds, Bradford Bulls and St Helens, he has lifted the Super League trophy three times, won the Challeenge Cup in 2006, won two World Club Challenges.ddddddddddddThe biggest factor in taking this job was the opportunity to work alongside Wayne, Denis and Paul, Anderson said.To see people who have been in the game for long periods and learn from them is something Im looking forward to. Waynes experience is unquestionable and Denis is doing a great job at Widnes. Paul is a young, upcoming coach and someone whos been there and done that. ' ' '