Coeur d'Alene police: No charge for man accused of sexual battery
COEUR d’ALENE — Police did not charge a man accused of sexual battery over the weekend because the Idaho Constitution prohibits warrantless arrests for misdemeanor offenses that occur outside an officer’s presence, according to a news release issued by the Coeur d’Alene Police Department.
Police responded the night of Nov. 30 to a report of a sexual assault at a bar in downtown Coeur d’Alene. By the time police arrived, witnesses had detained the suspect, a 22-year-old Hayden man.
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