Picking up from where
Bucky ended his/her quote:
After reading the woman her Miranda rights, the officer stated she gave “inconsistent stories” about where she found the sign, eventually stating she found it on the ground.
“Due to [the woman] destroying property that did not belong to her in a manner to attempt to intimidate law enforcement, I placed her under arrest,” the affidavit says.
According to the affidavit, the allegations are being treated as a “hate crime enhanced allegation” due to “the demeanor displayed by [the woman] in attempts to intimidate law enforcement while destroying a ‘Pro Law Enforcement’ sign.”
The Utah Code states a person who commits any primary offense — such as misdemeanor property destruction — with the intent to “intimidate or terrorize another person or with reason to believe that his action would intimidate or terrorize that person” is subject to a class B misdemeanor primary offense becoming a class A misdemeanor.
1. The woman told multiple stories about where she got the sign, evidence that she possessed stolen property.
2. She did the destruction of the sign very demonstratively near where the police officer was conducting a traffic stop, evidence that it was done as a threat to the officer or to intimidate the officer.
Sometimes jackassery has consequences.
