LUDLOW — Kenneth Alves of Ludlow says has had two Donald Trump for president signs stolen from his front yard on Norwich Road in the past week.

"This violates my First Amendment rights," he said. "I am not for Hillary Clinton or Bernie Sanders," he said, "but I would never take one of their signs."

Alves supports Trump, the front-running candidate for the Republican nomination in the 2016 presidential campaign.

Alves said he does not know who took the signs, but he has ordered some new signs and plans to place a security camera outside his house.

He filed a report Tuesday with the Ludlow Police Department. Police Sgt. David Irwin said the theft would be investigated as a larceny.

Alves says he is a regular guy who works for an automotive shop. He bought his first sign from the Trump campaign and he got his second sign free when he attended a Trump rally last September in Massachusetts near the New Hampshire border.

Alves also sports a red Donald Trump hat that reads, "Make America Great Again."

He said he likes Trump because he is not dependent on other people's money. "I also like his firmness," he said. "He is a regular guy."

Alves said he considers Trump "a regular person who is a billionaire."

In Alves' opinion, "America is not looked at with the same strength as it used to be." He said Trump would change that. "Trump wants to deport illegal immigrants," Alves said. He added, "I would have them build the fence." Alves said his suggestion is that volunteering to work on the fence would put someone to the head of the legal immigration list.

Alves describes himself as a conservative Republican. He said he used to be a conservative independent, but his friends told him, "That's a Republican."