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PARK CITY — A former Park City Mountain ski resort employee has been arrested and accused of making a post on social media that some felt was a possible threat aimed at the ski school.
The 25-year-old man was booked into the Summit County Jail on Wednesday for investigation of making a threat against a school.
The investigation began when a post on Instagram was brought to the attention of police.
"The photos from the Instagram account showed a male subject standing in a store holding what appeared to be a black AR-15 style rifle. There was a caption written over the photo saying (translated from Spanish): 'People of Park City, if I were you, I wouldn't go to school tomorrow,'" according to a police booking affidavit.
The man was identified as a person recently fired from the ski resort.
"PCMR/Vail Resort staff were contacted and they reported being concerned about the Instagram post, thinking he may have been talking about the ski school which he was recently fired from," the affidavit states.
Police were able to locate the store the man was in and learned that he did not purchase a gun at that time. Officers were then able to track the man down and he agreed to be interviewed.
"He said he did not realize that the post would be offensive and that it was a joke for his Argentine Instagram followers. (He) said he did not know if the guns were real or if they were fake and that he had never handled a gun before," according to the affidavit.
After he was questioned and his phone searched, the man was arrested.
