By Daily Press staff
Two men were arrested early Friday for allegedly burning several American flags in an alley, police said.
Chad Lamar Cavanaugh, 22, and Shaun Michael Muis, 20, were arrested shortly after midnight for arson and theft. Cavanaugh is described as a transient and Muis is from Riverside.
A witness told police he saw the two men allegedly steal flags from the top of a building on Wilshire Boulevard and light them on fire in the alley near Ninth Street.
Cavanaugh and Muis allegedly fled the scene on foot heading south toward Arizona Avenue where police stopped them and subsequently detained them. The witness identified them as the ones who allegedly burned the property, police said.
Arson is a felony charge and the theft count is a misdemeanor. They were booked into the Santa Monica Jail and their bail was set at $50,000 each.
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on January 18, 2003. Read the original PDF.