A Kittitas County man has been jailed for allegedly failing to leave after being refused service at an Ellensburg pawn shop, where police say he also assaulted two of its employees.

The Ellensburg Daily Record says officers with the Ellensburg Police Department were dispatched to the store in the 100 block of North Main Street on the morning of Nov. 25 after receiving reports of a disturbance at the location.

Upon arriving at the scene, officers say employees at the store told them that 68-year-old James Michael Cole of Ellensburg had entered the establishment seeking to pawn his tools but was refused service and asked to leave.

When he failed exit the store, police say one of the employees approached Cole to physically remove him from the premises and was punched in the face. After whi

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