Overview
- Ramsey County filed two felony damage-to-property counts Wednesday tied to June incidents targeting Pride flags, anti-Trump and Black Lives Matter signs in Highland Park and Macalester-Groveland.
- The complaint says a seized phone contained time- and location-stamped photos of vandalism and a June 4 note listing 69 addresses, with six later reporting damage to police.
- Prosecutors allege he also broke windows at Half Price Books, a nearby coffee shop and St. Paul Academy and Summit School, with repairs exceeding $14,000.
- He was released without bond at a brief court appearance and did not enter a plea to the new charges; he previously pleaded not guilty to a July burglary-tools count stemming from a June 6 Ring-camera incident.
- County Attorney John Choi said investigators logged more than 500 hours and he is considering a bias-motivation sentencing enhancement, with the next court date set for Nov. 13.