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AN AMERICAN FLAG. ANGELA: THAT’S RIGHT. I AM NEXT TO THE INTRACOASTAL IN DELRAY BEACH WHERE THIS INCIDENT TOOK PLACE. THAT NAKED MAN IS STILL OUT THERE SOMEWHERE AND POLICE IN DELRAY BEACH STILL TRYING TO TRACK HIM DOWN. LET’S LOOK AT THAT VIDEO THAT POLICE JUST RELEASED. YOU SEE A NUDE, BEARDED MAN WITH TATTOOS HOP OVER A LOCKED GATE BOARDING THE LADY DELRAY. ACCORDING TO POLICE, HE THEN JUMPS ONTO THE LADY ATLANTIC, TAKES THE FLAG AND THE FLAG POLE, AND THEN JUMPS INTO THE INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY AND FLEES. THE VIDEO WAS TAKEN ON OCTOBER 11 AT AROUND 2:30 IN THE MORNING, BUT POLICE SAY A FEW DAYS LATER, EMPLOYEES AT DELRAY YACHT CRUISES NOTICED THE FLAG AND POLE MISSING FROM ONE THEIR BOATS AND THAT’S WHEN THEY REVIEWED THE SURVEILLANCE VIDEO TO FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENED. >> RIGHT NOW WE’RE JUST TRYING TO IDENTIFY THIS PERSON. LUCKILY THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO EITHER YACHT. THESE ARE FAIRLY WELL-KNOWN YACHTS IN DELRAY BEACH. SO, IT’S A GOOD THING THERE WAS NO DAMAGE, JUST SOME THEFT. WE WANT TO IDENTIFY HIM. ANGELA: AND THIS IS NEW VIDEO JUST RELEASED A FEW MOMENTS AGO FROM DELRAY BEACH POLICE. YOU SEE THE NAKED MAN RAISE HIS HANDS IN THE AIR AND THEN VERY GINGERLY CLIMBS OVER THE BACK OF ONE

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