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Investigation Continues After Pride Flag Torn Down In Montgomery Co.

Surveillance footage caught the suspect in the act, police said.

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Police are searching for a man who they said stole a Pride flag in Montgomery County.
Police are searching for a man who they said stole a Pride flag in Montgomery County. (Upper Moreland Police Department )

UPPER MORELAND, PA — Authorities are continuing to investigate after a Pride flag was ripped down from the front of a Montgomery County home earlier this week.

The incident occurred on the Upper Moreland section of Horsham Road on Monday, June 9 at around 11:26 a.m.

The man pictured above, described only as a white man in all black clothing, pulled up in a Prius, police said.

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He then ran quickly up to the house, grabbed the flag, and fled, according to authorities.

The incident occurred as Pride month is underway in June.

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If you have any information, contact Upper Moreland police at tsmith@uppermoreland.org.

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