Bar and jail fracases lead to felony charges: Woman faces eight crimes re Halloween disturbances

The Idaho Mountain Express ^ | November 12, 2008 | Terry Smith

[Stoat]

Bar and jail fracases lead to felony charges

Twin Falls woman faces eight crimes following Halloween disturbances

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By TERRY SMITH
Express Staff Writer

 

Lori M. Brutsche-Ely

 

A former Blaine County woman has been charged with eight crimes—five of them felonies—following alleged altercations on Halloween night at The Mint nightclub in Hailey and later at the Blaine County Jail.

Forty-one-year-old Lori M. Brutsche-Ely, who now lives in Twin Falls, is charged with four felony counts of battery against police officers or jailers, another felony for allegedly destroying jail equipment, and misdemeanor charges of battery, indecent exposure and malicious injury to property.

The defendant was formally charged with the crimes on Nov. 3 in Blaine County Magistrate Court. Bond was set at $100,000 and public defender Douglas Werth was appointed to represent Brutsche-Ely.

She remained incarcerated in Blaine County Jail until Nov. 7, when she was released on $25,000 bond after bail was reduced a day earlier. A preliminary hearing has been scheduled for 3 p.m. on Nov. 18.

Magistrate Court Judge R. Ted Israel has been disqualified from the case on a motion to remove "without cause" filed by Werth. The case is now in the hands of Magistrate Judge Jason Walker, who normally presides in Camas County.

According to Blaine County court records, Brutsche-Ely was raised in Blaine County and is the "sole provider" of her 7-year-old son in Twin Falls. The records state that she is unemployed and taking courses at College of Southern Idaho. Also, her parents now live in Colorado but have "ties to the community" and have been in contact with Werth regarding the charges against their daughter.

The case against Brutsche-Ely started on Oct. 31 shortly before midnight when Hailey police were called to The Mint nightclub on Main Street on reports of a woman stealing beer from other patrons, exposing herself to the band, trying to start fights and refusing to leave the establishment.

Hailey officer Shelly Pharis wrote in a probable cause affidavit that when she arrived at the bar she found Brutsche-Ely, completely unclothed, outside and in front of the nightclub yelling at Mint security personnel and patrons who had followed the fracas outside.

Brutsche-Ely was charged with four crimes for things she allegedly did in or outside of the Mint. The misdemeanor indecent exposure charge alleges that Brutsche-Ely illegally exposed her private parts in public, while the misdemeanor battery charge alleges that she kicked Mint security man Mike Kimball in the groin.

Two charges of felony battery on a police officer allege that Brutsche-Ely struck Pharis "upon the upper body and face with her hand" and later kicked Pharis "upon her upper body."

 

Pharis, with the assistance of other officers, was able to transport Brutsche-Ely to jail, where four other crimes allegedly occurred. While in a holding cell, Brutsche-Ely allegedly broke a sprinkler head by striking it with a folded blanket, flooding the cell and causing more than $1,500 in damage.

She also allegedly battered jailer Laura Bowling by "slapping the victim's face and grabbing and pulling her hair." She also allegedly battered Sgt. Curtis Miller.

"We were still trying to control the female when I felt pain in my left shoulder," Miller wrote in a probable cause affidavit. "I looked and observed the woman biting me."

The final charge against Brutsche-Ely, misdemeanor malicious injury to property, alleges that she pulled and broke two chains that Miller was wearing around his neck.

Miller further reported that the bite broke the skin and he required a tetanus shot at St. Luke's Wood River Medical Center.

[El Laton Caliente]

Guilty!!!!

...of being beat with an ugly stick... hard... multiple times...

[70th Division]

I don’t think I have EVER been that drunk. And I have been drunk

[mikrofon]

Woman faces eight crimes re Halloween disturbances

Usually, they have the perp remove a mask before taking the mug shot...

[weegee]

What gender is she now?

That reminds me of a conspiracy day call to Michael Medved yesterday. A woman claims that DB Cooper was a transexual (who had the job done before hijacking the plane) and thus eluded profiling as subsequent hormonal treatments were taken.

[mikrofon]

Woman faces eight crimes re Halloween disturbances

Usually they have the perp remove a mask before taking the mug shot...

[Slings and Arrows]

GUILTY! GUILTY! GUILTY! GUILTY! GUILTY! GUILTY! GUILTY! GUILTY!

[Slings and Arrows]

[ssaftler]

This is a part of the country where “Men are men, women are scarce and sheep are scared”. Maybe it was the sheep’s night off??

[stylecouncilor]

ping

[SunkenCiv]

my new wallpaper (set it to "tile"):

[Eaker]

Babe alert!

[Squantos]

Maybe she can help Reverend HumbleGunner with his stuck potato ! She can scare a lot out of anything !

[Drew68]

Hailey officer Shelly Pharis wrote in a probable cause affidavit that when she arrived at the bar she found Brutsche-Ely, completely unclothed, outside and in front of the nightclub yelling at Mint security personnel and patrons who had followed the fracas outside.

It is nights like these when one may want to think about reassessing their relationship with alcohol. Just a suggestion.

[Larry Lucido]

She injured me in the fracass!

[Grizzled Bear]

Damn! I never knew Helen Thomas had a twin sister!

[Titan Magroyne]

Omigosh.

Just.

Dayyum.

[Titan Magroyne]

I’m a-waitin fer a poster with a signup date of 11/13/2008 to come on here n defend his true love’s honor.

Shame on us’ns fer castin aspersions upon the lady - n you knows how washed out an autumn person looks in jailhouse blaze orange! We dasn’t continue this-here line o’ conversatin.

Weren’t HER fault. It’s the rest of the world that’s crazy, dawg!

[Slings and Arrows]

My dear, you are positively psychic.

[aWolverine]

Has a real purdy mouth.

[humblegunner]

She injured me in the fracass!

I'd get that looked at right away!

There may be an ointment or something for it.