Victim uses deputy's baton, turns tables on alleged attacker

A woman reportedly used a police baton to subdue her alleged assailant as he scuffled Sunday with a sheriff’s deputy in Coeur d’Alene.

Kanon M. Charbonneau, of Spokane, was arrested after the deputy was able to gain control of him.

Deputies responded to a 4:30 p.m. report that a woman had been beaten and forced into a vehicle near the Hagadone Marina and Cedars Floating Restaurant.

The deputies reported finding Charbonneau trying to leave the area in a vehicle.

When Charbonneau’s vehicle stopped, a woman with obvious injuries, exited the vehicle and ran to the safety of the deputy’s patrol vehicle.

The deputy attempted to take Charbonneau into custody, however, according to the Sheriff’s Office, Charbonneau headbutted the deputy in the face and began to fight the deputy on the ground.

The victim saw Charbonneau attacking the deputy, so she grabbed the baton, a PR-24 impact weapon, from inside the deputy’s vehicle and struck Charbonneau several times.

“Due to her help, the deputy was able to gain control of Charbonneua and take him into custody,” said a news release.

Once in custody, the investigation led deputies to believe that Charbonneau had punched the victim in the face, attempted to strangle her, destroyed her personal property, and forced her into his vehicle

against her will.

Charbonneau has been charged with felony domestic battery, attempted strangulation, grand theft, battery on a police officer, second degree kidnapping, DUI, malicious injury to property and destruction of a telecommunications device.

The woman was transported to Kootenai Health, due to what appeared to be signicant injuires to her face.

The involved deputy was also tranported to Kootenai Health where he was subsquently treated and released for the injuries he sustained taking Charbonneau into custody. Charbonneau does not have

previous history in Kootenai County.