BUSHNELL — A Lakeland man was channeling Moses Wednesday when he allegedly wrote “Let My People Go” on the side of the Sumter County Courthouse.

According to the Sumter County Sheriff's Office, Joshua Glenn White, 26, was seen on video surveillance writing the phrase with black spray paint on east side of the building.

On Thursday night, deputies responded to Badcock Home Furniture, a couple miles west of the courthouse, to reports of a suspicious man. The man, later identified as White, was reportedly wearing the same red shoes, cargo shorts and baseball cap the suspect was wearing in the surveillance footage.

Officers found a can of black spray paint in White's shorts and the print from his shoes matched those left at the scene. He was then arrested.

Michelle Keszey, sheriff’s spokeswoman, said White did not have any friends or relatives in the jail.

The cost to remove the vandalism will be around $500.

White was charged with criminal mischief. He remained in the Sumter County Jail Friday in lieu of $2,500 bail.