A 21-year-old Roxbury man accused of shattering one of the glass panels at Boston’s downtown Holocaust museum was ordered held today by a judge.

James E. Isaac, 21, was arrested and charged with willful and malicious destruction of property and destruction of a place of memorial in connection with the incident shortly before 2 a.m., according to Boston police spokesman Officer Stephen McNulty.

Isaac had his bail revoked on two open cases, one in Chelsea and the other in Roxbury. The decision by Boston Municipal Court Judge Sally Kelly, who held him on $750 on the latest charges of vandalizing the memorial, will keep Isaac behind bars for at least 60 days.

During the arraignment today, Isaac's attorney, Rebecca Kozak, said her client suffers from a "host" of mental health issues. She also said his father, who helped raise him, was murdered, which contributed to his struggles.

Prosecutor Anthony Rizzo said a taxi driver helped identity Isaac as the vandal. According to police records, a verbal argument ensued shortly before Isaac was seen throwing a rock at a glass panel.

Police responded to a radio call just before 2 a.m. for a report of a vandalism in progress and a witness told them Isaac had been seen throwing a rock and shattering the panel, McNulty said.

“Officers searched the area and quickly located the suspect who was positively identified and placed in custody without incident,” he said.

The Memorial is designed around the six luminous glass towers, which symbolize the 6 million Jews killed in the Holocaust, the names of the six main death camps, and the six years during which Adolf Hitler’s “Final Solution” took place from 1939-1945. Millions of numbers are etched on the glass, representing the tattoos etched on many of the victims’ arms.

The vandalism drew swift condemnation from Boston's mayor and from the former mayor who donated the city land for the site.

"This morning's vandalism of the Holocaust memorial site will not be tolerated in Boston," Mayor Martin J. Walsh said this morning. "Together with the Boston police, we will make sure anyone involved in this act will be held responsible."

Former Mayor Raymond Flynn called the crime, "tragic and senseless."

He added, in a statement: "We built the Boston Holocaust Memorial to honor and remember the memory of all the innocent victims of hatred and brutality. The Memorial is one of Boston's most beloved and respected treasures."

