Private security guards who dragged Idaho woman from town hall meeting hit with charges

Private information guards seen connected video forcibly removing an activistic from a February municipality hallway gathering successful Idaho person been criminally charged. 

On Monday, the Coeur d’Alene City Attorney's bureau said that 5 men associated with a backstage information steadfast were facing a scope of charges, including battery, mendacious imprisonment and information cause work violations. 

Teresa Borrenpohl was dragged retired of the gathering astatine Coeur d’Alene High School connected Feb. 22.

In video shared by gathering organizers, the Kootenai County Republican Central Committee, idiosyncratic tin beryllium heard disrupting the gathering by shouting, "What? Are you superior close now?" astir 43 minutes into the municipality hallway portion Republican authorities Rep. Tony Wisniewski was speaking astir abortion. 

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Employees of a information firm, LEAR Asset Management, resistance Teresa Borrenpohl retired of a municipality hallway gathering connected Feb. 22, 2025, successful Post Falls, Idaho. (Hailey Hill/Coeur D'Alene Press via AP, File)

Shortly afterward, the video shows a radical of men descending upon Borrenpohl, who is wearing a bluish jacket. One antheral wearing a chapeau past places his hands connected her limb successful an effort to get her to stand. 

A 2nd antheral past shows up, trying to bash the same, and Borrenpohl asks, "Who are you?"

After a backmost and distant confrontation, Borrenpohl shouts, "Excuse me, Sheriff Norris? This man is assaulting me. Is this your deputy?"

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Coeur d’Alene High School, wherever the gathering was held. (Google Maps)

Paul Trouette, Russell Dunne, Christofer Berg and Jesse Jones person been charged with misdemeanor battery, mendacious imprisonment, and violations of information cause duties and azygous requirements. 

Alex Trouette IV is charged with information cause duties and azygous violations. 

All 5 of the men are associated with the backstage information steadfast Lear Asset Management, which had its licence revoked by the metropolis aft the municipality hall, the Associated Press reported.

Roughly 450 radical attended the legislative municipality hall, organizers said. 

The incidental took spot astatine Coeur d’Alene High School connected Feb. 22, 2025. (HUM Images/Universal Images Group)

"For clarification, determination were nary Kootenai County Deputy Sheriff's oregon different unit contiguous astatine oregon progressive successful this incident. The Coeur d'Alene Police Department is handling the transgression probe regarding this matter," a February connection from the region sheriff's bureau said. 

Although the constabulary section did not instantly get backmost to Fox News Digital, a erstwhile connection read, "The Coeur d'Alene Police Department recognizes and values each rights afforded by the United States Constitution to each citizens, including the close to escaped speech."

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Borrenpohl is simply a Democratic legislative campaigner who has tally unsuccessfully successful the profoundly Republican region. She did not instantly respond to a Fox News Digital petition for comment, but the AP reports she formally notified Kootenai County officials connected Monday of her intent to writer by filing a tort assertion notice. 

"Town halls are intended to foster speech and sermon crossed the aisle, which is wherefore I americium profoundly alarmed that backstage information dragged maine retired of the nationalist gathering for simply exercising my cardinal close of escaped speech," Borrenpohl said successful a Monday media merchandise obtained by the AP. 

The Associated Press contributed to this report.