Under the cover of darkness on the last day of July, three unidentified men climbed the Alaska Capitol and cut down the American and Alaska flags.
The flag thieves were caught on security cameras as they broke into a Capitol construction area around 1 a.m. on Friday, July 31, the Juneau Empire reported (http://bit.ly/1eQjNwS ).
They climbed the scaffolding in an area where crews are renovating and retrofitting the exterior of the historic building, according to an email sent to legislative staffers Monday afternoon by Steve Daigle, chief of security for the Legislative Affairs Agency. Then they destroyed the rigging and stole the flags.
“It’s just the wrong thing to do,” Juneau Assemblyman Jesse Kiehl told the Empire by phone. “I hope somebody recognizes those guys and get caught.”
Juneau police are investigating vandalism and theft in the incident, said spokeswoman Erann Kalwara.
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