Police Log: Racist graffiti in Basin Recreation and Venmo theft

The Basin Rec Fieldhouse in Kimball Junction. Photo: Basin Recreation

Saturday, October 8

PARK CITY, Utah — Summit County Sheriff Deputies responded to a reported theft that occurred at the Smith’s in Park City. An unknown female suspect approached a courtesy clerk at Smith’s in the parking lot. The Smith’s employee was working at the time, and the unknown female proceeded to ask if she could use her phone. The suspect used Venmo to send herself around $1,200 from the victim without the victim’s knowledge.

Deputies are continuing to investigate the case, and it is currently unknown who the suspect is.

Friday, October 7

PARK CITY, Utah — The Summit County Sheriff Department shift report from October 7 describes an incident in which a deputy was flagged down while on patrol to investigate graffiti in the tunnel behind Basin Recreation Field House. The graffiti included racist and derogatory symbols.

The complainant reported that he runs through the table every morning and believes that the graffiti is being done early in the morning as he can smell the fumes during his runs.

This is not the first incident of racist and derogatory graffiti in Park City this year; Townlift reported on another incident in June where a complainant’s front door was graffitied in a similar way.

There are no current suspects in the October 7 incident.