Police: Man Destroys Grave Marker To Hurt Girl Who Wouldn't Date Him

LANCASTER, Ohio -- 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 said 21-year-old Steven Locke, of Lancaster, thought it was the best way to hurt the woman who spurned him.

Sheriff Dave Phalen said 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.