SAUGERTIES – A man was arrested after he ran naked down the street, pulled down an American flag, spit on it and wiped his buttocks with it, police say.

Saugerties police arrested Daniel P. Stoltzfus, 30, of East Bridge Street in Saugerties, Thursday after several reports came in of a naked man running down the street about 6:30 a.m. Police said they found Stoltzfus without any clothes on. He also had taken an American flag from the flagpole of a residence on Market Street and had been seen spitting on the flag and wiping his buttocks with it, according to the press release.

Stoltzfus was taken to Kingston Hospital for psychiatric evaluation. He is expected to be charged with petit larceny, criminal mischief and disorderly conduct.