Oklahoma man, 29, ‘drove a car into Ten Commandments monument, smashing it to pieces, because Satan told him to do it’

Michael Reed Jr allegedly drove car into Ten Commandments monument
Following day, he ‘made derogatory statements about President Obama’
Included threats to kill the President, as well as spitting on photo of him
Reed Jr said he destroyed monument ‘because Satan told him to do so’
Monument widely disputed since it was built at the State Capitol in 2012
Satanic group has since sought permission to create 7ft statue of Satan

Published: 20:08 EST, 24 October 2014

A man has been arrested after allegedly driving a car into a Ten Commandments monument in Oklahoma, smashing it to pieces, ‘because Satan told him to do it’.

Michael Reed Jr, 29, from Roland, Sequoyah County, is accused of deliberately running over the controversial six-foot structure outside the State Capitol building last night.

He then reportedly showed up at a federal building in Oklahoma City this morning, where he started rambling and making derogatory statements about President Barack Obama.

These included threats to kill the President, as well as spitting on a photo of Obama, it is alleged.

Destroyed: Michael Reed Jr, 29, has been arrested after allegedly driving a car into a Ten Commandments monument in Oklahoma because ‘Satan told him to do it’. Above, the structure, which was smashed to pieces