Two OU students were arrested Tuesday morning in connection with a vandalism spree.

Mark Stanley Rodgers, 20, and Jonathan L. Davis, 20, both of Norman, were arrested under suspicion of vandalism of at least six cars, said Lt. Paul Swenson of the Norman Police Department. The estimated damage to the cars is more than $2,000.

Reports began coming into the police department at approximately 3:35 a.m. Witnesses told the police that two to three subjects were seen leaving the scene in a compact vehicle. Witnesses said the car could be maroon or purple.

Witness Kathie Keeling said she and her husband, Charles, were awakened at about 3 a.m. by a loud noise that sounded like a gun shot. Kathie Keeling said her husband got up and looked out a window, but did not see anything.

About 30 minutes later police officers were at their doorstep, she said. Officers told the Keelings that somebody had busted out the rear window of their car. Officers asked the Keelings to identify their car and asked if anything was missing, Keeling said.

Officers later discovered the car and stopped the men at the 900 block of Willow Lane, Swenson said. Police found enough evidence in the car to link the men to the vandalisms. A broken golf club and another metal rod used to break the windows were found, he said.

Kathie Keeling said police called and informed them that they had arrested the men.

Davis and Rodgers were arrested and booked into the Cleveland County Detention Center. According to the police report, Rodgers was also charged with possession of fraudulent drivers license and possession of marijuana in addition to the vandalism.

Davis was also charged for transporting an open container, possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia and minor in possession, the report said.

Rodgers said that he and Davis did not commit all of the vandalism.

"We did not commit six acts of vandalism," Rodgers said.

He said when they were arrested police told them that they would be held responsible for all acts of vandalism that were reported that night unless the police found the perpetrators for the other crimes.

Rodgers, his attorney and the district attorney will sit down with a map and sort out which acts he is responsible for and discuss his involvement or disinvolvement, he said.

Rogers hopes the case will be settled out of court. He said he will pay for the vandalism he committed, but he is not responsible for every incident that happened in Norman that night.

"It is probably the dumbest thing I have ever done, but it is not fair that I am held responsible for things I haven't done," Rodgers said.

"I would like to apologize to all the victims."
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