ALEXANDRIA, La. (AP) — Rapides Parish sheriff's deputies say four men have been charged after a city water tower was shot and damaged.

Authorities say the tank was hit six times by bullets fired from a high-power rifle on Nov. 30 or Dec. 1. Five of the bullets penetrated the tank, causing about $1,000 in damage.

Deputies say 21-year-old Michael Ryan Lacaze, of Alexandria, was booked with criminal damage. Three other men face charges of criminal mischief. They were 26-year-old John Andrew Dempsey, of Woodworth, Jerry Morgan, no age given, of Woodworth, and Jacob Allen, no age given, of Boyce.

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