One of two teenagers charged with vandalizing the home of a same-sex couple in southern Indiana will receive a suspended sentence after pleading guilty.

Zachary Crites and a juvenile were charged in April with stealing and damaging a rainbow Pride flag from the home of an LGBTQ rights advocate in Spencer.

The teenagers were charged with criminal mischief and thefts unrelated to the flag incident.

A lawyer representing Crites did not immediately return a call seeking comment.

“It was just really important that when things like this happen, that they're not swept under the rug and that there is a record of them. And that record will follow him now for the rest of his life,” says Jonathan Balash, whose home was attacked.

Balash is the director of Spencer Pride.