The Somerville Police Department is seeking information connected to a report of a man desecrating the American flag.

Somerville native George Gatteny said he was driving on Monday when he saw two people - a man and a woman - walk into Somerville Veterans Memorial Cemetery. While stopped in traffic, Gatteny reported seeing the pair pull four flags from the ground and put them in a pile.

Gatteny said he then saw the man urinating on the pile of flags, leading him to exit his vehicle and confront the man.

"I started yelling at them to stop, asking him as I approached 'what the hell he was doing,'" Gatteny said, of the encounter. "He stopped urinating, pulled up his pants and started walking out of the memorial."

Gatteny took photos of the pair as well as photos inside the cemetery.

Somerville Police are working to identify the individuals involved.

Police in Somerville are trying to identify a man they say is a person of interest in the desecration of American flags at a veterans cemetery.

"At that point I was outraged, I couldn't believe what I was seeing," said George Gatteny.

Insulted and infuriated, Gatteny says he witnessed the unthinkable act while sitting in his car in traffic by the Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Somerville. He says a man and a woman in their 20s walked into the cemetery and ripped four American flags out of the ground. The man then took the flags and walked behind the monument.

"He started undoing his pants, taking himself out, and making motions to appear to be urinating," Gatteny said.

George followed the couple and took photos of them on his phone and posted them on Facebook and shared them with police.