LANCASTER, Ohio (AP) — Police say when a woman refused to date an Ohio man, he got upset and smashed her mother's grave marker with a sledge hammer.
Authorities in Fairfield County southeast of Columbus say 21-year-old Steven Locke of Lancaster (LANG'-kuh-stur) thought it was the best way to hurt the woman who spurned him. Sheriff Dave Phalen says about $3,000 damage was done to the marker.
Locke was arrested Friday and charged with vandalism, a felony carrying up to a year in prison if convicted. He was jailed in lieu of $5,000 bond.
Court records do not list an attorney for Locke.
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Information from: The Columbus Dispatch, http://www.dispatch.com
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