DALTON GARDENS — Police arrested a person who’s accused of choking a lady and holding her in opposition to her will.
Mikael D. Spears, 21, of Coeur d’Alene, is charged with tried strangulation and eluding, each felonies.
He’s additionally charged with false imprisonment, a misdemeanor punishable by as much as a 12 months in jail.
Kootenai County Sheriff’s deputies responded round 11:30 p.m. on Nov. 27 after a lady known as 911.
She might be heard screaming at somebody to cease touching her and let her out of a automotive earlier than the decision disconnected, in keeping with court docket paperwork.
The girl known as 911 once more, this time telling dispatchers she was within the passenger seat of her automotive, with Spears driving. The pair had been reportedly in a courting relationship.
Police noticed the automotive in a Dalton Gardens neighborhood. When a deputy ordered the motive force to place the automotive in park, Spears allegedly took off as a substitute, going greater than 50 mph.
The girl was discovered strolling close by.
She instructed police she and Spears had argued whereas he was driving. When she tried to exit the automotive whereas it was stopped, she stated Spears refused to unlock the door and continued to drive round, yelling at her.
Spears allegedly stopped the automotive once more and the girl made one other try to get out.
She stated Spears grabbed her arm and pulled her away from the passenger-side door deal with, then put each palms round her throat and choked her.
The girl instructed police she managed to unlock the door, at which level Spears pushed her out of the automotive and onto the bottom earlier than taking off.
Police obtained a warrant for Spears’s arrest and took him into custody Tuesday.
On the time of his arrest, Spears was reportedly needed on a warrant for failing to seem in court docket for an unrelated DUI cost.
First District Decide James Combo ordered Wednesday that Spears be held on $50,000 bail.
