The owners of an Aylmer home keep putting up a Pride flag and thieves keep stealing it.
Since August 16, Aylmer police have been called about a flag theft at the same home on Beech Street five times.
The latest theft happened around 11:50 p.m. on Saturday.
Video footage of the theft shows two men, one with a flashlight at the end of the driveway, and another approaching the flag. He proceeds to rip the colourful flag down and run toward Elm Street.
One suspect is described as wearing a white or grey coloured shirt , shorts, and a ball cap. The other had on shorts and a darker coloured shirt.
Police searched the area immediately after the theft, but were unable to find the suspects.
The Pride flag represents and supports members of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community. Since June, thieves have been targeting the flags across southwestern Ontario with incidents reported in Norwich, St. Thomas, Listowel, Chatham-Kent, and Windsor.
Anyone with information about the repeated thefts is asked to call police at 519-773-3146 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).
