A 24-year-old repeat criminal living in Minneapolis has been charged after stealing an American flag from a medical office building in Edina, attaching it to his vehicle and dragging it down the street on Wednesday.

A 24-year-old repeat criminal living in Minneapolis has been charged after stealing an American flag from a medical office building in Edina, attaching it to his vehicle and dragging it down the street on Wednesday. If that wasn’t crazy enough, the man returned the same afternoon to shred the flag after bystanders chased him off and recovered it. Mahamud Hassan Mahamed was booked on a misdemeanor charge of fourth-degree damage to property.