Mary Whitfill
Features Editor
Editor’s note: This blog has been updated as it originally incorrectly identified Nicolas Morehart as a Coppell High School student.
Nicholas Morehart, 17, of Coppell was arrested Friday in connection for more than 50 counts of vandalism, U.S. flag burnings and criminal mischief. After trying to evade arrest, Morehart was caught in a foot pursuit at about 3:30 a.m. as he walked on the 700 block of Allen Road.
Morehart was charged with evading arrest, two counts of destruction of a flag (misdemeanors) and one charge of criminal mischief that totaled over $20,000, a third degree felony. In one instance of flag burning, the fire reached an out of control point and started a large fire in the lawn of a Coppell resident.
Morehart is in custody.
