Omaha Man Who Burned Gay Pride Flag Gets Probation

An Omaha man convicted of burning a gay pride rainbow flag has been given two years of probation.

Online court records say 25-year-old Cameron Mayfield was sentenced Wednesday. He'd been convicted of felony arson as a hate crime.

Prosecutors say Mayfield took the flag from the porch of a lesbian couple who lived near him, set it on fire and waved it in the middle of a street in March 2015. Mayfield's attorney argued the act was a drunken prank and not a hate crime.