Bath Township man wanted ex-girlfriend to know that money has no value to him

By Gina Mace

Special to the Beacon Journal

BATH TWP. – In an effort to prove to his ex-girlfriend that money means nothing, a 20-year-old Granger Road man smashed an SUV and sent another luxury vehicle into a creek, township police said.
A 2-month-old Volkswagen Touareg blaring rock music from the sound system sat in the front yard of Ryan Johnson’s home Monday — severely damaged from smashing through the security gate, uprooting a tree, then being assaulted by golf clubs and boulders. A Mercedes SL500 was parked in Yellow Creek, under the driveway bridge leading to Johnson’s mansion.

The two vehicles were worth more than $100,000, police said.
Johnson told police he did it for his ex-girlfriend. Last week, she asked police to accompany her to the home so she could remove some belongings.

Police were called to Johnson’s home around 3 p.m. Monday by neighbors who thought they heard an explosion.

One neighbor, who asked not to be identified, said he went outside after hearing the noise.

People were running around, making sure everyone was OK,'' the man said.A kid was out there with huge boulders, breaking out windows. He was throwing stones at it. Later he came out with a set of golf clubs and was teeing off on it.”

The “kid,” identified by police as Johnson, was still smashing the SUV when police arrived.