An Alabama man was arrested for littering after placing flowers on the grave of his fiancée, whose father is apparently behind the charges.
Winchester Hagans, of Auburn, is facing charges of criminal littering for the hand-built flower box he put next to the grave of his would-be wife, Hannah Leigh Ford.
“I just want to be able to put flowers by my fiancée’s grave,” the grieving man told local ABC affiliate WTVM.
Ford, 27, died in a car crash in January 2021 just a month after Hagans asked her for her hand in marriage.
The woman’s father, Tom Ford, signed the warrant for Hagans’ arrest, which the grieving boyfriend said confounds him.
The father of the deceased fiancée is reportedly behind the charges. winston.hagans/FacebookHagans built the flower box, which featured pictures of the couple together, and had planted flowers because he said Hannah didn’t care for cut flowers.
“Even though she is gone, I promised her I would never bring her cut flowers again,” he said.
The flower box was built because Ford was said to prefer growing flowers over cut ones. winston.hagans/Facebook
Hannah Ford died in a car crash in 2021. winston.hagans/Facebook
Hannah Ford was proposed to a month before the deadly crash. winston.hagans/FacebookThe city had told him the box technically violated local rules, but that they are rarely enforced — unless requested by the family.
Ford’s father, whom local media were unable to reach, didn’t talk to Hagans before signing the warrant for his arrest.
“She was the love of my life, the person I wanted to spend the rest of my life with,” Hagans said.
