PALMER TWP., NORTHAMPTON CO. (WOLF) \u2014 Police are asking for the public’s help identifying a person suspected of stealing two flags from a municipal flagpole in Palmer Township.<\/p>\n
According to the Palmer Township Police Department, the theft occurred just before midnight on June 24 at the community flagpole near the Palmer Library. Investigators said someone lowered and removed both the Pride flag and the Juneteenth flag that were flying at the site.<\/p>\n
The township condemned the theft in a public statement, describing it as more than an act of vandalism.<\/p>\n
“This was not just vandalism; it was an attack on our shared civic space,” township officials said, adding that the individual appeared to be dressed in a way intended to conceal their identity.<\/p>\n
Officials said the township remains committed to fostering a welcoming community and plans to replace the stolen flags.<\/p>\n
Police are investigating the incident as a theft and have released a photograph of a person they are seeking to identify in connection with the case.<\/p>\n
Anyone with information is asked to contact Detective Sgt. Chris Watt by email at cwatt@palmerpd.org or by calling 610-253-5844, ext. 1205.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PALMER TWP., NORTHAMPTON CO. (WOLF) \u2014 Police are asking for the public’s help identifying a person suspected of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":229064,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[153,155,154],"class_list":["post-229063","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem-headlines","tag-bethlehem-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229063","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=229063"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229063\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/229064"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=229063"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=229063"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=229063"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}