Officers from the Aurora Police Department arrested one individual for damaging mail boxes and doing a variety of damage in Maple Park Cemetery.
Shortly after midnight on April 17, a citizen contacted the Aurora Police Department to report that a white van with a stripe down the side was driving northbound on Jefferson Avenue and hitting mailboxes, according to information from Interim Police Chief Pat Jenkins.
Officers Tim Swadley and Jordan Dibben located the van, and arrested Justin Scott Martin, 21, of Aurora, for allegedly driving while intoxicated and committing property damage.
When daylight arrived, officials at the Aurora Police Department received several additional calls from citizens whose mailboxes had been damaged.
In addition, people notified the department that there was damage in Maple Park Cemetery to a number of gravesites, trees and signs.
Officers investigating the scene found two pieces of a vehicle on the ground in the cemetery. The pieces matched the vehicle driven by Martin, said Jenkins. Additional evidence linking the van to the damage in the cemetery was also found.
A total of 23 gravesites were damaged; several of the gravesites belonged to veterans. Damage is estimated to be somewhere around $5,000, noted Jenkins.
Officials also charged Martin with institutional vandalism. His bond has been set at $10,000, cash only. At last report, he remained incarcerated.
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Officers from the Aurora Police Department arrested one individual for damaging mail boxes and doing a variety of damage in Maple Park Cemetery.
Shortly after midnight on April 17, a citizen contacted the Aurora Police Department to report that a white van with a stripe down the side was driving northbound on Jefferson Avenue and hitting mailboxes, according to information from Interim Police Chief Pat Jenkins.
Officers Tim Swadley and Jordan Dibben located the van, and arrested Justin Scott Martin, 21, of Aurora, for allegedly driving while intoxicated and committing property damage.
When daylight arrived, officials at the Aurora Police Department received several additional calls from citizens whose mailboxes had been damaged.
In addition, people notified the department that there was damage in Maple Park Cemetery to a number of gravesites, trees and signs.
Officers investigating the scene found two pieces of a vehicle on the ground in the cemetery. The pieces matched the vehicle driven by Martin, said Jenkins. Additional evidence linking the van to the damage in the cemetery was also found.
A total of 23 gravesites were damaged; several of the gravesites belonged to veterans. Damage is estimated to be somewhere around $5,000, noted Jenkins.
Officials also charged Martin with institutional vandalism. His bond has been set at $10,000, cash only. At last report, he remained incarcerated.
