Police rescue woman from lake

COEUR d'ALENE - A woman was pulled safely from the waters of Lake Coeur d'Alene about 2:30 a.m. Friday. Coeur d Alene Police responded to City Beach when it was reported that someone was "screaming and sounded to be in distress." When police arrived, they heard a female scream and started to look for her when they found clothing on the shore.

COEUR d'ALENE - A woman was pulled safely from the waters of Lake Coeur d'Alene about 2:30 a.m. Friday.

Coeur d Alene Police responded to City Beach when it was reported that someone was "screaming and sounded to be in distress."

When police arrived, they heard a female scream and started to look for her when they found clothing on the shore.

Officers heard the woman scream again and found an adult female about 700 feet off shore in the 40-degree water.

"Officers tried to get the female to swim to shore, but she refused to," a press release said.

Kootenai County Sheriff Department and Idaho State Police also arrived to assist in the rescue effort.

While officers went to Blackwell Island Marina to get a patrol boat, others continued to try and get the woman to swim to shore, the release said.

According to the report, officers "were able to respond in time with the boat and pull the female from the water."

The woman was taken to Kootenai Medical Center, and was later placed on a mental protective custody hold by Coeur d'Alene police.

The release said police had contact with the woman earlier in the night during an unlawful entry/battery call in the 800 block of North 7th Street. The victim declined to pursue charges and the woman was removed from the home.