Tyler Fingert

The Republic | azcentral.com

A Prescott man was arrested on Thursday evening after police said he

burned and then urinated on a Bible outside of a mission in Prescott, police said.

Eric Minerault, 22, was arrested on suspicion of unlawful symbol burning outside of the Gospel Rescue Mission on the 600 block of Lincoln Street, said Lt. Ken Morley, a Prescott police spokesman.

According to a Prescott police statement, officers were alerted of Minerault's actions by a representative of the mission, who said a man was burning something on the steps of the mission.

Minerault admitted to burning and urinating on the Bible, Morley said.

Police say when Minerault was being questioned about his intentions, he said he was "cursing the Christians" and then referred to himself as the "dark lord."

Minerault was booked into the Yavapai County Detention Center on a Class 1 misdemeanor.