Hopkinsville Police arrested a man Monday night after he allegedly broke into the U.S. Post Office and caused about $10,000 in damage.

ECC received a phone-in alarm at the post office at about 9:20 p.m. and arriving officers saw 57-year old Mark Wayne Cunningham of Morganfield walking away from the building. They made contact with him still dragging two postal bags at the Little River Motel and he allegedly said he broke in and destroyed the post office because “it had to be done.”

An arrest citation says the door to the employees’ area of the building had been kicked in and items were knocked over in the service area. The employees’ area was ransacked and destroyed, with electronics all over the floor—and mail and documents were thrown and ripped up.

Cunningham allegedly ripped alarms and lights from the walls and destroyed computers.

He was arrested and charged with first-degree burglary and first-degree criminal mischief.