ST PAUL, Minn. — When Edward Dieter's Ring Doorbell woke him up back on June 6, he was startled to discover a man with a bandana over his face, holding a knife and messing with the storm door on his porch.

"We were in bed, but I have my phone," Dieter said. "I think I said, 'Can I help you?' I was concerned and confused."

Dieter's video of the incident showed the man freeze and then walk away, but St. Paul Police say that the incident helped lead to the arrest of 23-year-old George Thomas Floyd.

Now — more than four months later — Floyd has been charged with a much wider spree of vandalism and property damage that targeted pride flags and other progressive yard signs and displays in St. Paul throughout June.

"We've connected close to 30 incidents," said Commander Jim Yang. "The total d

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