A man is expected in Clark County Court Friday afternoon, accused of getting into a shoving match at a kava shop in Vancouver, calling employees and other customers derogatory names, Vancouver Police confirmed.
According to police spokeswoman Kim Kapp, the incident happened Thursday at the Bula Kava House on Main Street.
The suspect, identified as 32- year-old Andrew Nathaniel Bruce got into an argument with another customer and when an employee tried to intervene he shoved the employee causing a minor back injury.
After yelling several slurs at employees and customers, he left the shop and was arrested soon after that.
Bruce is set to be arraigned at 1:30 Friday on several charges including two malicious harassment (hate crime) charges, several counts of assault, intimidating a public servant and resisting arrest.
The Oregon Department of Corrections confirmed Bruce was a prisoner at Coffee Creek in June 2017 and released the following April on several charges including burglary and assaulting a public safety officer.
Source: katu.com
