Flag Stolen From TVA Building
Police in Knoxville have arrested two Irish men and charged them with stealing an American flag from the Tennessee Valley Authority headquarters building.
It wasn’t clear why the flag was taken early Wednesday, but the Knoxville News Sentinel reported the men jumped out of a taxi, cut the rope holding the flag, then ran into a hotel with their trophy
Police said they found the flag in the hotel room booked by 33-year-old John Patrick Kerrigan and 28-year-old James Mulroy, both of Dublin.
TVA police recovered the flag and it’s being held as evidence. Agency spokeswoman Barbara Martocci said the utility doesn’t plan to fly it again.
Kerrigan and Mulroy were charged with vandalism and misdemeanor theft. Both made bond and were released from the Knox County Jail, which does not have records on whether inmates have attorneys.
