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A woman was arrested after she threw a pretzel machine at a Maverik Center vendor during a Utah Grizzlies hockey game

A 29-year-old woman is facing a number of charges after she reportedly threw a pretzel machine at a Maverik Center vendor during a Utah Grizzlies hockey game on Friday, then assaulted police officers as they arrested her.

According to a probable cause statement, Brittany Marie Vigil threw the pretzel machine at the employee “in an attempt to hit her” and pushed three other employees. An off-duty, in-uniform West Valley Police officer working security during the hockey game and said Vigil was “yelling” and “rambling about things that did not make sense,” and that “the distinct smell of alcohol radiated from her mouth.