A security video and shoe prints led to Olympic snowboarder Shaun White, who was
accused of setting off a fire extinguisher at a ski resort, though there was no
fire, police said.
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, 21, dubbed "The Flying Tomato" for his red hair, was cited on a charge
of second-degree criminal tampering. He was ordered to appear in municipal court
on March 10.
The report said White's breath smelled of alcohol when police spoke with
him.
Repeated calls to White's telephone in Carlsbad, Calif., yielded a busy
signal Tuesday.
Also Friday, 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.
"He wasn't arrested. All we did was interview him," she said.
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