An Indiana couple is being charged with intimidation and criminal recklessness after driving two teenage boys off the road.

On July 22, Kyren Gregory Perry-Jones and Cailyn Marie Smith came across 14-year-old twin brothers riding bicycles. On the back of the bikes, fishing poles were holding up flags for President Trump, reports Fox 32 Chicago.

Police Captain James Gonzales said the couple is accused of using their car to run the boys off the road and making threats toward them.

According to an affidavit, the boys told police officers that a vehicle being driven by a man with a female passenger followed them before the male driver pulled up nearby and asked one of the boys “if they were Trump supporters.” When the boys replied they were, Perry-Jones allegedly swerved toward them, forcing them to drive onto the grass to avoid being hit.

The driver continued to follow the boys for a few yards before exiting the vehicle and ripping one of the flags off. He then dropped it and returned to the vehicle. When the brothers said they would call the police, he ran over the flag before driving off, Fox 32 Chicago reported.

Perry-Jones told the boys if they called the police, he would tell the officers they called him a racial slur, reports the Washington Examiner.

According to Fox 32 Chicago, the Hobart couple posted their encounter with the teenagers to Snapchat. The video shows that “the driver turns the wheel sharply as if he saw the boys and wanted to hit them with the vehicle while yelling `ya'll better get home,’" according to the affidavit.

A male voice is heard telling the passenger to “pull that flag down” as a female reaches through the window and tells the driver to “get closer.”

“Ya'll scared, just like your president,'' Smith is heard saying on the video. “America is not great.”

“Don't let me see you downtown,” Perry-Jones can be heard saying, threatening to beat up the boys.

The couple has been charged with two felony counts of intimidation and criminal recklessness. They are also charged with one count each of theft and criminal mischief, which are misdemeanors.

Twenty-three-year-old Perry-Jones and 18-year-old Smith were charged seven months after the incident due to a delay in police receiving information from Snapchat.

Detectives received a search warrant for the social media posts on August 6, but they did not receive the videos from Snapchat until November 7, reports The Northwest Indiana Times.

"This is an unfortunate event that involved two brothers expressing their support for President Trump," said Gonzales. “The Hobart Police Department will continue to serve the Hobart residents to ensure they are free to express their support for whomever they choose and we will tirelessly work to preserve their 1st Amendment Rights under the United States Constitution."

Smith is in custody, but Perry-Jones remains at large.

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