Documented Record
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Trouette gets community service for town hall battery
Coeur d'Alene Press · March 2026
- He was sentenced to 10 days in jail and 200 hours of community service for battery.
- A victim told the court the incident made people in the community afraid to speak up.
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Trouette appealing town hall verdict
Coeur d'Alene Press · February 2026
- After being convicted, he is fighting to keep his security licenses.
- His company had no signed contract to provide security at the event where he committed battery.
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Town hall battery trial ends in mixed verdict
Coeur d'Alene Press · December 2025
- A jury convicted him of battering two people and violating security agent rules.
- His guards wore no uniforms, never identified themselves, and had no contract to be there.
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Town hall attendees recount removals
Coeur d'Alene Press · December 2025
- Three people testified he battered them. Video confirmed it.
- A man was physically restrained and never told why.
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Coeur d'Alene police recommend criminal charges for town hall security team
Coeur d'Alene Press · April 2025
- Police found no contract and no legal authority to remove anyone from the building.
- He emailed a proposed contract to the KCRCC. They never signed it.
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City attorney files charges in North Idaho town hall incident
Political Potatoes · April 2025
- The KCRCC claimed video footage was missing. Police recovered 14 raw video files with a search warrant.
- Criminal charges were filed against him and four others for battery and false imprisonment.
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North Idaho woman forcibly removed from Kootenai County Republican town hall
Idaho Capital Sun · February 2025
- Three LEAR employees dragged Post Falls resident Teresa Borrenpohl from the KCRCC town hall.
- City of Coeur d'Alene revoked LEAR's business license for violating the uniform requirement.
- Trouette had personally testified against that uniform requirement when the city adopted it months earlier.