Paducah Police Arrest Flag Theft Suspect

Police have arrested an Indiana man in connection with the theft of flags from several locations in Paducah last week.

The Paducah Police Department says a driver called 911 and reported a black pickup truck being driven recklessly. A check of the vehicle’s license plate revealed it was registered to a truck matching the description of one used in the theft of flags from Paducah Power Systems, the Paducah Police Department and other locations on Sept. 15.

Officers found the truck on Circle Lake Drive and made contact with the owner, 43-year-old Andy Sneed of Indianapolis, IN. 

Police said Sneed told them he had “acquired” several flags, or they had been given to him. They reportedly found 19 U.S. flags, a Paducah city flag, a Kentucky state flag and a flag belonging to a local church in the bed of his truck.

Sneed was arrested on a charge of felony theft by unlawful taking and booked into McCracken County Regional Jail.