Vendor arrested at York’s Summerfest after allegedly trashing cotton candy stand

Police made an arrest during Summerfest on Saturday after a dispute between vendors led a man to trash a cotton candy stand.

A Maryland man was charged with disorderly conduct after he reportedly cursed at two women in a booth on North Roosevelt Street and began jerking cotton candy out of their display, according to an incident report.

The incident was reported by a couple who were standing in line for cotton candy with their 5-year-old daughter when they became frightened by the man’s behavior and left the area.

A 45-year-old woman behind the cotton candy stand corroborated the story, saying the man screamed “(expletive) yourself because no one else sure will,” then pulled out several items of cotton candy and left.

The officer then spoke to the 58-year-old suspect, who was manning another vendor’s stand nearby. He explained that earlier in the day he and the cotton candy vendors had agreed to exchange some of his food items for their cotton candy, and the woman later left two bags of cotton candy with another man at the food stand.

Apparently dissatisfied with the amount of cotton candy he had received, the man went back to the cotton candy stand to get more. He said he had the permission of another man working at the cotton candy booth to take the items, and told the officer he “mouthed the words he was accused of saying, but did not say the words out loud.”

The man was issued a summons for disorderly conduct, and was quickly booked and released from the nearby York police station.

This story was originally published August 23, 2015 at 12:37 PM with the headline "Vendor arrested at York’s Summerfest after allegedly trashing cotton candy stand."