Police have arrested a graffiti vandal who they say has wreaked $100,000 in damage on businesses and other property across the city.

M***** V*********, 23, Richmond, Ind., was prelimiinarily charged Thursday with three counts of misdemeanor criminal mischief for spray painting, or "tagging," three buildings near Downtown Indianapolis.

Prosecutors were granted a 72-hour continuance this morning in a Marion County court, so formal charges could come during a Tuesday morning court hearing.

V********* leaves the name "Choke" on the walls he paints, said Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department Detective Frank Miller.

V*********'s mother, Valerie Henderson, said by phone from her Richmond home she was upset by the arrest.

"He's a good boy, for a high school dropout," she said.