Ohioan charged with burning US flags planted around his neighborhood over Memorial Day weekend
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An Ohio man is accused of setting fire to 19 U.S. flags planted around his neighborhood over the Memorial Day weekend.
Authorities say 20-year-old Samuel Sneller of Wooster used a lighter to set the first flag ablaze May 28 and burned 18 more in the early morning hours of Memorial Day. A local Rotary Club had placed about 1,000 flags in lawns around town.
Detective Tony Lemmon says police used a search warrant to obtain copies of text messages that implicate Sneller in the case.
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Lemmon says it appears Sneller burned the flags out of boredom.
Sneller is charged with criminal damaging, arson and desecration — all misdemeanors. He's scheduled to be arraigned Aug. 3.
His attorney declined to comment Friday.
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