DOWAGIAC (WKZO) -- A 19-year-old from Dowagiac is sitting in the Cass County Jail after admitting he damaged 61 headstones at Riverside Cemetery early Monday morning.  They estimate the physical damage at over 16-thousand dollars.

While he was confessing, he also took responsibility for vandalizing the Elks Golf Course late last month.  He is being held for malicious destruction of property.