Two holiday après-ski drinking sessions went awry at the Cirque Bar & Grill in Snowmass Village this month.

Police say that on St. Patrick’s Day, a fight between roommates about keeping their apartment clean turned physical around 6:30 p.m. at the mountainside bar. Matthew Maul and Scott Moore, who live together in Brush Creek Village, were arrested for disorderly conduct after allegedly exchanging blows on the deck. Police believe alcohol played a role in their flaring tempers.

Then, on Easter Sunday, at around 6 p.m., police say, a 37-year-old man punched another après celebrant in the face and fled the scene. After a short chase through the mall, police found the alleged assailant, Raymond Simpson, and arrested him for third-degree assault. They believe Simpson struck the victim because he was with Simpson’s ex-wife.

Also in local crime news:

— The Two Rivers Drug Enforcement Team arrested two men in Carbondale for allegedly dealing cocaine last Friday. Their cars were next to each other in the parking lot of the Family Dollar store, and one of the cars, authorities say, had been involved in earlier cocaine deals. They arrested Ramon Baca, 32, and Eduardo Garcia, 31, for felony possession of cocaine and dealing.

If convicted, each man potentially faces as long as 18 years in prison and as much as $1.25 million in fines.
— A California man arrested for a shirtless outburst at Aspen’s Club Chelsea is being extradited to California, where he will be prosecuted for breaking the parole terms of a previous burglary conviction.

Xavier Samson, 37, took off his shirt and threatened a woman with a bar stool at the club shortly before 1 a.m. Sunday morning. When police arrived he began yelling at the club’s employees. Police dragged him outside and brought him to the Pitkin County Jail, where he stayed until pleading guilty to misdemeanor disorderly conduct and resisting arrest Tuesday morning.

— Just before 11 p.m. Sunday night, Aspen police were called to The Regal for a report of a disturbance. Police say that as they attempted to investigate, a drunken 21-year-old Carbondale man, Phillip Appling, yelled and cursed incessantly. They allegedly repeatedly asked him to stop. When he didn’t they arrested him for disorderly conduct.

— A Basalt beer bust got busted last weekend at an abandoned restaurant on East Valley Road. A nearby security guard called police after hearing the building’s door getting kicked in. Responding police allegedly found nine local high schoolers inside with Corona and Smirnoff Ice in tow. They were arrested for trespassing and possessing alcohol as minors.

— A green 1996 Geo Tracker was reported stolen from the rodeo parking lot in Snowmass Village last week. Police say it was unlocked, with the keys inside the vehicle. They haven’t yet tracked it down.

— A skier on Snowmass mountain was cited for skiing in a closed area last week, after ski patrollers preparing to blow dynamite for avalanche control on the Possible ski run saw him duck a rope. John Sellinger, 35, of Denver, was fined $150 for the alleged infraction.

— Last Thursday night Vincent Robles, 30, of Aspen, was arrested for drunk driving after a Pitkin County sheriff’s deputy allegedly saw him drive his car into a snowbank on Owl Creek Road.

— Compiled by Andrew Travers