Man sentenced for throwing electric scooters in the Snake River

IDAHO FALLS — A man was sentenced Friday aft being charged for throwing 11 Bird scooters into nan Snake River.

Magistrate Judge Kent Gauchay sentenced Nathan Frost, 33, to supervised probation for 2 years.

Frost will besides beryllium required to walk 11 days successful jailhouse and salary restitution of $4,560 and $850 successful tribunal costs.

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Frost initially pleaded not blameworthy to felony malicious wounded to spot and misdemeanor resisting aliases obstructing officers.

He later accepted a plea agreement, wherever he agreed to plead blameworthy to an amended complaint of misdemeanor malicious wounded to spot and misdemeanor resisting aliases obstructing officers. In exchange, nan prosecution agreed to urge 11 days successful jailhouse and probation.

On 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 Snake River, according to tribunal documents.

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.

Nathan Frost | Bonneville County Jail

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.