Illinois Woman Charged With Vandalizing 20 Churches, Mosques

[DonViejo]

Source: TPM

ERIC LACH – FEBRUARY 28, 2014, 5:21 PM EST

An Illinois woman is facing felony charges for allegedly vandalizing 20 houses of worship, according to The Chicago Tribune.

Meghan Heinze, 22, allegedly used red spray paint to deface religious institutions in a number of towns including Gurnee, Waukegan and Libertyville since Feb. 14. According to the Tribune, those institutions included several churches and at least one mosque.

Heinze reportedly confessed to police that she spray-painted words, upside-down crosses and smiley faces. Investigators found text messages suggesting that Heinze was trying to get access to a gun, and her mother told police that Heinze had become obsessed with "with Nazis and serial killer videos," the Tribune reported.

Heinze appeared in court Friday, and faces charges including criminal defacement to property at a place of worship and criminal damage to property. After the hearing, Heinze's mother approached a prosecutor, and told him that, "I apologize for my daughter’s actions, even though she is an adult … She has no priors, not even a traffic ticket. She’s not in her right mind."

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[cosmicone]

1. She was probably molested by a priest or something n/t

[Union Scribe]

4. And an imam?

[Pterodactyl]

2. Hate crime

[madrchsod]

3. what to do with the mentally ill in america?

jail or a rehab facility? neither one is a good choice for the mentally ill in america.

she needs mental heath/healing but i`d bet she gets little of what she really needs.

[riderinthestorm]

5. She's mentally ill. Her mother says it right out. She needs psychiatric care, not jail. nt

[JNelson6563]

6. It sounds like she needs help, not prison.

[TBF]

7. Sadly it sounds like schizophrenia -

average onset is late teens/early adult. I hope she can get the help she needs.

[Jackpine Radical]

8. Or possibly a bipolar disorder with an acutely psychotic manic phase.

But whatever the case, yes, she needs mental health care.

[rocktivity]

9. Churches AND Mosques?

You sure can't accuse her of being a religious bigot.


rocktivity