Man arrested for assaulting U.S. Rep. Maxwell Frost at Sundance

[ad_1] PARK CITY, Utah -- A person was arrested Friday night time at a celebration in the course of the Sundance Movie Pageant in Park Metropolis, Utah, for allegedly assaulting a Florida congressman.

Democratic U.S. Rep. Maxwell Frost wrote on X Saturday that he was punched within the face by a person who instructed Frost that President Donald Trump was going to deport him. The altercation occurred at a non-public get together hosted by expertise company CAA on the Excessive West Distillery, a preferred venue for festival-adjacent occasions.

“He was heard screaming racist remarks as he drunkenly ran off,” Frost wrote. “The person was arrested and I'm okay.”

Frost, the primary Gen Z member of Congress, thanked the venue safety and the Park Metropolis Police Division for his or her assist. A Park Metropolis Police Division consultant mentioned officers arrived on the scene simply after midnight.

Christian Joel Younger, 28, was arrested for aggravated housebreaking, assaulting an elected official and assault and transported to Summit County Jail, in accordance with court docket information.

Younger can also be accused of grabbing a lady by the shoulder. He appeared to have crashed the get together by leaping a fence and had a Sundance Movie Pageant go that was not issued in his identify, in accordance with the police affidavit.

The Sundance Movie Pageant representatives launched an announcement saying that they “strongly condemn” the assault, noting that whereas it occurred at a non-affiliated occasion that the habits is “towards our values of upholding a welcoming and provoking setting for all our attendees.”

“The protection and safety of our pageant attendees is all the time our chief concern, and our ideas are with Congressman Frost and his continued well-being,” the assertion learn. “We encourage anybody with further info on this matter to contact the Park Metropolis Police Division.”

County Choose Richard Mrazik ordered Younger held with out bail, on the grounds that he would represent, “a considerable hazard to some other particular person or to the group, or is more likely to flee the jurisdiction of the court docket if launched on bail.” Younger has a previous misdemeanor conviction, in accordance with court docket information.