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Caught On Video: Man Going Around To Homes, Snapping American Flag Poles

UNITY TOWNSHIP (KDKA) -- State Police are looking for a man who they say is going around to homes in Westmoreland County and vandalizing property owners' American flags.

According to state police, the incidents happened on July 30 and 31 in Unity Township.

Police say the man went around to several homes on Lakeview Drive in the Lawson Heights neighborhood and bent or broke flag poles.

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One incident was caught on surveillance video.

The video shows a car pulling up to a home, a man getting out of the passenger's side, running up to the home, snapping the flag pole and then running away.

He gets back in the passenger's seat and the car then drives off.

You can see the whole incident here:

(Video Courtesy: Pennsylvania State Police)

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