North Idaho Briefs February 27, 2011
Man arrested after drawing weapon
COEUR d'ALENE - Deputies arrested a Spokane Valley man Saturday morning after he reportedly drew a handgun and pointed the weapon at another man.
Mason D. Brown, 22, was taken into custody about 3:35 a.m. and booked for charges of attempted aggravated battery, aggravated assault and intoxicated person with a firearm, according to a Kootenai County Sheriff's Department press release.
Micah A. Wulff, 25, of Athol, told deputies he encountered Brown lying in the middle of Sherman Avenue at Northwest Boulevard shortly before 3 a.m., the release said. Wulff, driving a pickup truck, picked up Brown and traveled north on Ramsey Road.
Still on Ramsey, Wulff stopped and kicked Brown out of the truck, deputies said. Brown became angry and hit Wulff's truck.
Wulff confronted Brown, deputies said. Brown produced a metal baton, swung it at Wulff but missed.
Brown then pulled a pistol, "racked" the slide and pointed it at Wulff, deputies said. Wulff jumped into his truck and drove away.
Brown was last seen running northwest from the location of the incident.
About 3:35 a.m., a trooper located Brown in the 2400 block of W. Dakota Avenue, deputies said. He was taken into custody without incident and transported to the Kootenai County Public Safety Building.
Deputies recovered a semi-automatic handgun from Brown.
3 injured in collision
CULDESAC - Three women were injured Friday night when two vehicles collided at U.S. 95 milepost 285.7, southeast of Lewiston.
Driver Marissa K. Chamberlain, 18, of Sidney, Mont., and passenger Nicole M. Nixon, 19, of Coeur d'Alene, were northbound in a 2006 Ford Focus at 7:24 p.m. when Chamberlain lost control of the vehicle and crossed into the southbound lane, according to Idaho State Police.
The Focus struck a 2009 Chevrolet Suburban driven by 26-year-old Jeanna Meacham of Craigmont, police said. The vehicles collided head-on, and both airbags deployed.
Chamberlain and Nixon sustained injuries and were transported to St. Joseph Regional Medical Center, police said. Meacham was also injured and transported to St. Mary Cottonwood hospital.
The three women were wearing seatbelts when the crash occurred, police said. U.S. 95 was compact snow and ice where Chamberlain lost control.