Jacob Hinds Arrested for Running Over President Abraham Lincoln with his SUV - Did we hit a time warp???

A 22-year-old man has been arrested and charged in the vandalism of a statue of President Lincoln in Burlington, Wisconsin

A 22-year-old man has been arrested and charged in the vandalism of a statue of President Lincoln in Burlington.

The 8-foot bronze statue, which has stood tall in Burlington for more than 100 years, was knocked to the ground early Saturday. It didn't appear to be damaged except for some scrape marks, the Burlington Historical Society said.

The suspect, Jacob Hinds of Burlington, was charged Tuesday in Racine County court with felony criminal damage to property.

The arrest came after Burlington police received a witness' description of a truck seen parked on a snow bank by the statue at the time of the vandalism. Officers responded around 6 a.m. Saturday and found the statue ripped off its base, with fresh tire marks in the snow and on the road.

Officers followed the tire marks to a nearby parking lot, where they found a truck matching the description, according to the criminal complaint against Hinds. A tow strap was hanging out the back.

Police determined the truck, a 1999 Chevrolet Silverado, was registered to Hinds, and the witness confirmed seeing Hinds in the truck near the statue.

Hinds is due for a preliminary hearing on Feb. 11. He faces a maximum penalty of three years and six months in prison if convicted.

Don Vande Sand, vice president of the Burlington Historical Society, told the Journal Sentinel on Saturday that the statue, created by Chicago sculptor George Ganiere, was a gift in 1912 from dentist Francis Meinhardt to mark the reopening of a town school as the Lincoln School.

The site is now the office of the Burlington Area School District, but Vande Sand said the statue, located on a small triangle of land at an intersection of State and Kane streets, belongs to the city.