Man charged after reportedly throwing 11 electric scooters in the Snake River

IDAHO FALLS — A 33-year-old man was arrested and charged pinch a felony aft constabulary opportunity he threw 11 electrical scooters into nan Snake River.

Nathan Frost of Idaho Falls was charged pinch felony malicious wounded to spot and misdemeanor resisting aliases obstructing officers.

According to tribunal documents, connected July 14, Idaho Falls Police officers were dispatched to John’s Hole Forebay astatine 950 River Parkway aft a study that a man, later identified arsenic Frost, was throwing Bird-branded electrical scooters into nan river.

The reporting statement said Frost was wearing a blue-grey garment and grey shorts and was riding connected a one-wheel motorized scooter on nan Idaho Falls Greenbelt Riverwalk.

Officers checked nan area and yet spotted Frost adjacent nan Residence Inn, heading southbound on nan greenbelt. An serviceman caught up pinch him and turned connected her emergency lights, indicating that Frost needed to stop.

Police reports opportunity Frost continued to thrust on a canal slope and refused to perceive to officers’ commands.

An serviceman yelled astatine Frost from nan southbound broadside of Guns and Gear to stop, but he didn’t.

Police past group up a perimeter to incorporate Frost and caught him adjacent 1350 Whitewater Drive aft he “jumped disconnected his one-wheel scooter and ran connected foot,” according to tribunal documents.

Witnesses told constabulary Frost had pushed astir 11 Bird scooters into nan stream aliases adjacent canal. According to constabulary reports, each scooter is worthy $699.

Frost was booked into nan Bonneville County Jail and released connected July 15 to pre-trial supervision connected his ain recognizance.

He is expected to look for a preliminary proceeding connected July 26. If convicted, he could look up to six years successful prison.

EastIdahoNews.com contacted a section fleet head for an electrical scooter institution to supply discourse connected nan consequences of throwing electrical scooters into nan river.

According to nan source, who prefers to stay anonymous, it is overmuch much vulnerable than 1 whitethorn think.

“When 1 of those scooters goes successful nan river, it can’t travel backmost out,” says nan manager. “It’s unusable. It’s excessively precocious of consequence for america to fto nan nationalist usage it again.”

He besides says it’s risky for his workers to spell into nan h2o and prevention them, and he worries that nan batteries could harm nan section aquifer.

“Another thing, if we’re putting lithium-ion batteries successful our water, what’s it going to do to nan aquifer?” says nan manager. “That’s 1 of nan main reasons I accent to my guys to make judge you get them retired of nan h2o successful a timely mode truthful we don’t person immoderate harm to nan water.”

According to nan manager, harm to nan scooters besides poses a imaginable hardship for nan community, immoderate of whom trust connected nan scooters to get to activity during nan warmer months.

“They are utilized by a batch of individuals for commuting to and from work. They parkland their cars successful nan outpouring and thrust (the scooters) each summer, spring, and autumn until I put them distant and they get their cars backmost out,” said nan manager. “It’s redeeming a batch of group money. But ne'er is it meant to beryllium a nuisance to anyone utilizing nan greenbelt path.”