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TexasTowelie

(116,819 posts)
Fri Jun 3, 2022, 10:10 PM Jun 2022

Texas man destroys more than $5 million worth of art because he's mad at girlfriend

A Texas man riled up by a fight with his girlfriend busted into a museum and took his anger out on the artwork, destroying more than $5 million worth of ancient artifacts.

The chaos unfolded inside the Dallas Museum of Art on Wednesday around 10 p.m., when Brian Hernandez “forcibly entered” the building, Fox 4 reported. The 21-year-old vandal was taken into custody a short time later and booked on Thursday into the Dallas county jail on charges of criminal mischief of more than or equal to $300,000.

If convicted, he faces up to five years in prison.

Hernadez allegedly broke into a display case and destroyed a 6th century B.C. Greek amphora and a Greek pot dating to 450 B.C. during his rampage. He also smashed a bowl from 6th century BC, worth about $100,000, and a ceramic Caddo effigy bottle valued at about $10,000.

A responding security guard later told authorities that when he asked Hernandez his motive, he claimed he flew into a rage over his relationship problems.

His bond was set at $100,000.

https://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/ny-texas-man-art-girlfriend-arrested-20220603-3diz25xwfre3rd2xbgx6w3m2qu-story.html




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Texas man destroys more than $5 million worth of art because he's mad at girlfriend (Original Post) TexasTowelie Jun 2022 OP
What an asshole! madaboutharry Jun 2022 #1
Five years in prison and $5 million in restitution. TexasTowelie Jun 2022 #3
We live with a bunch of grown toddlers AllyCat Jun 2022 #2
They are commonly called republicans. joshdawg Jun 2022 #4
... BWdem4life Jun 2022 #5

madaboutharry

(41,361 posts)
1. What an asshole!
Fri Jun 3, 2022, 10:21 PM
Jun 2022

Sometimes destruction of property deserves a substantial prison sentence.

I hope he serves every day of the maximum 5 years.

TexasTowelie

(116,819 posts)
3. Five years in prison and $5 million in restitution.
Fri Jun 3, 2022, 10:45 PM
Jun 2022

However, neither punishment will truly make up for the crimes that were committed destroying irreplaceable millennia-old artifacts.

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