Satan told me to crash into Ten Commandments, says Okla. man

OKLAHOMA CITY - A man suspected of driving a car into a Ten Commandments monument outside the Oklahoma state Capitol is under mental evaluation, according to the Highway Patrol.

"Investigators will continue to look into the case and coordinate with the Oklahoma County District Attorney...for any possible criminal charges," according to a news release from OHP Capt. George Brown.

The suspect, identified by CBS affiliate KWTV as 29-year-old Michael Reed, was taken to a mental health facility in Oklahoma County, Brown said in the release.

The U.S. Secret Service said the suspect was detained Friday after showing up at a federal building in Oklahoma City, rambling, making derogatory statements about President Barack Obama, admitting to damaging the monument and saying Satan told him to do so.

"He claimed he got out of his car, urinated on the monument, and then ran over it and destroyed it," said Secret Service agent David Allison in Oklahoma City. "He said Satan told him to do it, and that he was a Satanist."

The 6-foot-tall monument was erected in 2012. The American Civil Liberties Union of Oklahoma has been suing to have it removed, arguing that it violates the Oklahoma Constitution and could be seen as a state endorsement of a religion.

"We consider this an act of violence against the state of Oklahoma," said Republican state Rep. Mike Ritze, of Broken Arrow, whose family spent nearly $10,000 to have the monument erected.

Despite the ACLU's opposition to the monument, the state chapter head, Ryan Kiesel, said he and his clients are "outraged" that itwas vandalized.

"To see the Ten Commandments desecrated by vandals is highly offensive to them as people of faith," Kiesel said.

A judge ruled last month that the monument does not violate the Oklahoma Constitution, and ACLU attorneys filed an appeal with the state Supreme Court.

The monument's placement has led others to seek their own on the Capitol grounds, including a group that earlier this year unveiled designs for a 7-foot-tall statue of Satan. Other requests have been made from a Hindu leader in Nevada and the satirical Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster.