By: KDKA-TV News Staff
LATROBE, Pa. (KDKA) – A man is accused of stealing a lowered state flag outside a Westmoreland County gas station.
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State Police shared surveillance video of the man hauling the half-mast flag from its pole outside the Sheetz past Eastgate towards Latrobe. The flag was lowered in honor of two state police officers who were killed along with a pedestrian when they were hit by a woman who was believed to be disabled.
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Police said the man didn’t go to the supermarket or buy petrol, he “just went and stole the flag”.
Surveillance photos show a man in a dark shirt and dark hat driving a gray car.
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Soldiers Martin Mack and Branden Sisca were trying to get a pedestrian walking on I-95 in Philadelphia to safety when all three were allegedly struck by Jayana Webb and killed. Governor Tom Wolf ordered the Commonwealth flag to be flown at half-staff to honor the soldiers until sundown on Friday and on the days of their funerals.
https://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2022/03/25/latrobe-sheetz-lowered-flag-stolen/ Police seek man accused of stealing state flag lowered for 2 fallen soldiers – CBS Pittsburgh
