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Show The Park Record A-4 Sat/Sun/Mon/Tues, March 11-14, 2017 Latino confronted in café Dispute unfolds at a coffee shop on Main Street JAY HAMBURGER The Park Record The Park City Police Department continues to investigate an episode at a Main Street coffee shop involving a dispute about an American flag that was reported to include racial undertones. The dispute occurred on Saturday, March 4 at approximately 9 p.m., Java Cow said. Rebecca Williams, the manager, said in an interview a small American flag, perhaps 2 inches by 3 inches and held up by a magnet, slid down and an employee pushed it back KJEMPE STORT SALG!! (that’s Norwegian for super big sale) 30% to 50% OFF • Ski wear • Fall casual wear • Fur & Leather • Apres ski boots up, possibly leaving it upside down. A woman customer saw the flag and said one of the Java Cow workers, a Latino, pushed it upside down, Williams said. The woman confronted the staffers and was irate, she said. “Who moved the flag? Who turned the flag upside down,” the woman told the staffers, Williams said. The woman’s husband and friends then started speaking in an angry manner to the Java Cow worker, a teenager who was born and raised in Park City, she said. Three men and at least two women were involved, according to Williams. “‘Go back to your country.’ Just hurtful, hateful stuff that shouldn’t be said to anyone,” Williams said as she described the language the people used at the boy. They told the teen they hoped his family was deported Park City vehicles targeted Snowboard, other items taken in the break-ins JAY HAMBURGER The Park Record 435-649-2787 7700 Stein Way, Park City, Utah (Located at Stein Eriksen Lodge, In Deer Valley) Open Daily 8:30am-8pm FREE LOCAL DELIVERY & VALIDATED PARKING The Park City Police Department during the workweek continued to receive reports of vehicle burglaries, including an unusual case that involved an initial break-in that did not result in lost merchandise until later. The cases started in late February. The Police Department said officers are concentrating on the reports. Phil Kirk, a department captain, said valu- ables should not be left inside a vehicle in plain view. He also said drivers should lock the doors, describing that vehicle burglaries are oftentimes crimes of opportunity. Some of the recent cases in Park City include: • on Tuesday, March 7, a break-in was reported in the flagpole lot on lower Swede Alley. Kirk said a window was shattered, but there was not an initial claim of lost goods. Kirk, though, said the victim later realized the perpetrators took a snowboard and a pair of boots. • on Thursday, March 2, at 10:13 p.m., someone reported a break-in at the China Bridge garage. A window was shattered and unspecified items were taken, the police said. 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Carpenter said the police investigation is continuing with the possibility several people were acting in a disorderly manner. The Police Department is not investigating the case as a hate crime, he said. S HISTORIC CHARACTERWN NATENSE OF C OM M U NIT Y URA O T L SET SMALL TIN G CORE VALUES THE PARK RECORD is always looking for new letters For more information, please visit parkcity.org or call 435.615.5001. Send in your letter to editor@parkrecord.com sometime between 6 p.m. and the time of the report to the police. • on March 2, at 11:19 p.m., the police received a report that someone entered a vehicle parked in a garage on Heber Avenue and took unspecified items sometime between 1 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. • on Monday, Feb. 27, at 10:26 a.m., a report was logged on Daly Avenue. Kirk said several unspecified items taken. The vehicle was unlocked, he said. Another case was reported on Lowell Avenue. Details were not immediately available. “We’re spending extra time trying to apprehend these suspects,” Kirk said. Anybody with information may contact the Police Department at 615-5500. |