All it took was a trail of blood for a Clarke County grand jury to indict University of Georgia student Brandyn Matthew Clark on 11 felony counts of second-degree criminal damage.

The blood trail followed Clark from several damaged vehicles in a parking garage back to his apartment, the Athens Banner-Herald reported. Police say Clark intentionally damaged red cars in January while looking for a red car that he said damaged his own white Honda Civic in a hit-and-run crash.

He is accused of doing $20,000 worth of damage to nearly a dozen cars, the newspaper reported.

Clark was arrested after police said , the Atlanta Journal-Constitution previously reported. He allegedly kicked and hit cars and used a tool to punch holes in them.

Clark is free on bond. His next court appearance is Aug. 19.

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Fulton DA Fani Willis (center) with Nathan J. Wade (right), the special prosecutor she hired to manage the Trump case and had a romantic relationship with, at a news conference announcing charges against President-elect Donald Trump and others in Atlanta, Aug. 14, 2023. Georgia’s Supreme Court on Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2025, upheld an appeals court's decision to disqualify Willis from the election interference case against Trump and his allies. (Kenny Holston/New York Times)

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