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A 35-year-old Stevens Point man pleaded not guilty to charges of vandalizing a church on two separate occasions.

The man is accused of breaking windows and doors at the church in August and again in October.

Notes signed with the man's first name were left at the scene of both incidents on the back of probation cards.

The suspect reportedly told an officer he was angry with God and wanted to go back to prison.

STEVENS POINT − A 35-year-old man charged with vandalizing a church on two separate occasions pleaded not guilty Oct. 20 in Portage County Circuit Court.

Jute T. Handrick, of Stevens Point, pleaded not guilty to criminal damage to religious property as a repeat offender for the charge filed against him Aug. 22.

He also pleaded not guilty to criminal damag

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