Roanoke Times Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc. DATE: TUESDAY, July 26, 1994 TAG: 9408020071 SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: B-5 EDITION: METRO SOURCE: DIANE STRUZZI DATELINE: LENGTH: Short
Officers found Jerry Wayne Hodge covered in blue ink and standing at the memorial at 1:55 a.m. Hodge told police he was hearing voices and was told by the voice to cover himself in ink and mark the memorial. Blue ink was found on some of the veterans' names.
City workers spent four hours washing the ink off the monument, said M. Michelle Bono, public information officer for the city. The city cleans the memorial annually in August.
Hodge was transported to Roanoke Memorial Hospital for mental evaluation and released to Roanoke City Jail, where he remained late Monday.
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