A 27-year-old miscreant allegedly beheaded one of the soldiers on the Iwo Jima statue at the US Marine Corps Base Quantico with a sledgehammer — causing an estimated hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage.
Miguel Alonso Maldonado Soriano, 27, was caught by cops hacking at the replica of the famous World War II US Marine flag-raising at the Virginia base at around 10:15 p.m. Wednesday night, Fox 5 DC reported, citing police.
The vandal decapitated one of the six servicemen depicted in the monument and caused additional damage.
Cops said the vandalism caused hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage.
Maldonado Soriano was slapped with felony destruction of property, trespassing with intent to damage property, and felony injury to a monument charges, the outlet reported.
The alleged sledgehammer nut is being held without bond.
The statue at the US Marine Base Quantico — located around 36 miles south of Washington DC — was sculpted from limestone by Felix de Weldon in 1954 and honors all Marines who have died in defense of the country since 1775.