SALEM, N.H. 鈥� Police have made an arrest following a 15-month-long investigation into vandalism at a group of rock configurations in New Hampshire called 鈥淎merica's Stonehenge."
Mark Russo, 51, of Swedesboro, New Jersey, has been charged with one count of felony criminal mischief, accused of defacing the stone in Salem in September 2019. A lawyer entered a not guilty plea on his behalf Tuesday.
Police said the rock tablet appeared to have been damaged by a power tool. It was carved with 鈥淲WG1WGA鈥� and 鈥淚AMMARK." Police said the first stands for 鈥淲here We Go One, We Go All," a motto affiliated with the QAnon conspiracy theory.
An 18-inch (45-
Police arrested Russo after finding images of the stone and Russo online and linking to him an 鈥渋ammark" Twitter account with a reference to 鈥渁 few improvements" made to the site. Images on the cross also were linked to Russo.
Bail was set at $3,000 cash for Russo, who is scheduled for a hearing on April 21. An email seeking comment from Russo's lawyer was sent Tuesday.
America鈥檚 Stonehenge, which features cave-like, granite enclosures, has drawn believers who say it鈥檚 1,000 or more years old, and skeptics who say the evidence suggests it was the work of a 19th century shoemaker.
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