Shaun White, the Olympic gold-medalist snowboarder — aka “The Flying Tomato” — was arrested on Tuesday for setting off a fire extinguisher at a Breckenridge, Colorado ski resort and was later questioned about his role in a stolen vehicle, but is not a suspect in the theft of the car. This from AP:
A police report said a security camera recorded someone setting off the extinguisher in a game room Friday at the Beaver Run Resort in Breckenridge, a ski town about 60 miles west of Denver.
White’s clothes and shoes appeared to match the person on the video, and his shoes matched footprints left in the powder from the fire extinguisher, the report said. [White] was cited on a charge of second-degree criminal tampering. He was ordered to appear in municipal court on March 10. Also….he was questioned by deputies about a stolen 2000 Audi recovered outside the resort “because he was in the vicinity of the car,” Summit County sheriff’s spokeswoman Paulette Horr said. White was ruled out as a suspect.
The report said White’s breath smelled of alcohol when police spoke with him.
These snowboarders are slippery dudes….especially one’s named after produce. Also, they consume adult beverages which tend to play into their persona as lunatics on the slopes….but who hasn’t had a little fun, thrown back some cheap booze, and shot off a fire extinguisher or two to left off some steam. My M.O. is to then heist a cheap vehicle — definitely not an Audi — and drive reckless through the ski village…pillaging, plundering, plowing (the 3P’s) a few unsuspecting vacationers on the icy roads….kudos to Shaun for his non-role in 3P antics. He’s a sweet kid.
