Two doctors have been charged with stealing a Donald Trump 2020 election campaign flag from their neighbour’s home in Florida.
Geoffrey Michael Fraiche, 41, and Laura Ann Webb-Fraiche, 38, allegedly entered the property in Santa Rosa County with two young children.
Video footage purporting to show the incident on 7 April recorded a boy telling the suspects: “Don’t do it”
“Stop it I don’t want you to go to jail ... please,” the child added as the adults put up a ladder next to the flagpole.
One of the suspects told the child “don’t worry” as the man took down the flag.
The couple, who live together in the city of Gulf Breeze, were arrested by deputies from the Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office on Tuesday morning.
They were both charged with larceny, trespassing, damage to property and contributing to the delinquency of a minor, before being released, according to county jail records. The cost of the damage was estimated at $700 (£561).
Republican congressman Matt Gaetz, who represents the district, shared the video footage on Twitter and described it as “despicable parenting”.
He claimed the suspects were “possessed with Donald Trump hatred so much that they steal a senior citizen’s Trump flag with kids in tow”.
“Apparently two medical degrees lack the decency and common sense of a child,” he added.
Both Fraiche and Webb-Fraiche are gynaecologists working at different hospitals in Pensacola hospitals, according an arrest report seen by local news station WKRG-TV.
The damage caused was estimated $500 in damage to the base of the flagpole and the flag itself cost $200.
