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Show A-6 The Park Record Wed/Thurs/Fri, March 28-30, 2018 Loud, goofy folks reported JAY HAMBURGER The Park Record The Park City Police Department last week received at least three reports involving ridesharing firms, other transportation industry companies or people who work for them. One of the cases centered on nonpayment of fares, according to department logs. Fare disputes between drivers and customers are occasionally reported to the Police Department, but the other cases seemed unusual. On Sunday, March 25 at 11 p.m., the Police Department received a complaint from a ridesharing service about two customers. The police were told the driver picked the two up on Main Street and then canceled the ride after they asked to be taken to White Pine Canyon in the Snyderville Basin. They slammed the doors and acted in an aggressive manner, the police were told. On Friday, March 23 at 11:31 p.m., meanwhile, a limousine driver called the police from the 2000 block of Park Avenue complaining about people who were rude and reportedly pounding on a restroom door. The people were “drunk millennials being loud and goofy,” the police were told. On Sunday, March 25, At 1:56 p.m., a taxi driver flagged down an officer at or close to the intersection of Park Avenue and 9th Street, where the driver said passengers did not pay. The Police Department classified the case as a suspected theft. The Police Department last week remained busy as springbreak crowds continued to arrive for ski vacations. Conflicts between transportation firms and customers seem to climb during busy stretches in the tourism industry. March 20 at 7:24 p.m. on Hillside Avenue, a small but important street that connects Marsac Avenue and the upper reaches of Main Street. Old Town residents and drivers for transportation firms commonly use Hillside Avenue. The police were told a pedestrian waved down a driver and “told him not to drive down the residential street he was driving on,” according to department logs. There are occasionally tensions between Old Town residents and drivers about speed limits and commercial traffic on neighborhood streets, but it is rare that someone requests a driver not use a street. Phil Kirk, a police captain, said the driver told the pedestrian Hillside Avenue is a public street. Kirk said the people were gone by the time a police officer arrived and additional details were not available. on S.R. 248, the person who contacted the police said, according to department logs. The Police Department indicated the circumstances were suspicious. The Police Department at 10:24 p.m. received a report that a man on Sidewinder Drive used a truck to “push her car down the road.” It was left there, the police were told. Upward of 12 deer, described as young, were seen 20 feet from the road somewhere along S.R. 248. The person who contacted the police was worried about the animals. A golden retriever was reported to be running through traffic in the vicinity of Kearns Boulevard or Sidewinder Drive at 8:27 a.m. The Police Department said the dog created a traffic hazard. On Friday, March 23 at 10:57 p.m., a hot tub was reported to be overflowing on Daly Avenue. Nobody was home, the police said. Loud bass sounds were reported on the 1200 block of Kearns Boulevard at 10:24 p.m. A person at a nearby residence reported the case, which was logged as suspected disturbing the peace. On Monday, March 19 at 11:35 a.m., two dogs were seen running up the road on Deer Valley Drive. At 9:12 a.m., the police received a report that a “smaller wild animal” was seen somewhere close to Meadows Drive. It was seen on a fairway of a golf course, the police were told. The person who contacted the police said the animal might have been a coyote, according to department logs. Stay away, a driver is told JAY HAMBURGER The Park Record The Park City Police Department recently received a report of an unusual interaction between a driver in Old Town and a pedestrian, a case that illustrates the tension that traffic can cause in the tightly packed neighborhood. The case was reported on Continued from A-5 Deer seen near road MM XV III moved and warned not to return. On Saturday, March 24 at 11:49 p.m., the police were called to the intersection of Wyatt Earp Way and Butch Cassidy Court after a man was seen walking away from a house. The man had a beard and was wearing a camouflage jacket and a beanie, the police were told. The man got into what was described as a “piece of crap light colored car” and drove east SKI 7 days on UTAH’S BEST MOUNTAINS FOR JUST $409. MMX IX UTAH DESTINATIONS WE’RE A DEDICATED GROUP OF SKIERS AND SNOWBOARDERS DEVOTED TO UTAH’S BEST POWDER, UNTRACKED BOWLS, AND THE BEST SEASON EVER, EVERY SEASON. 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