Athol Man Booked After Coeur d'Alene Knife Threat, Disarmed by Citizen

Marshall Levi McMullin, 35, of Athol, was booked into the Kootenai County jail after Coeur d’Alene police responded to a reported aggravated assault in the parking lot in front of Batteries Plus at the Target shopping complex on Thursday, Feb. 26. Police say the incident began when McMullin allegedly produced a knife and threatened a male customer who had confronted him.

Police records and a local press release place the initial response at about 1:30 p.m. Officers say McMullin had been loitering near the store front; when a male customer walked past, McMullin intentionally bumped him and became verbally aggressive. According to the Coeur d’Alene Police account, the customer, who was legally carrying a concealed handgun, engaged after being threatened, disarmed McMullin during a brief struggle, and restrained him until officers arrived.

Responding officers detained both McMullin and the man who had restrained him. The police press release quoted in the Coeur d’Alene Press noted, “McMullin was highly intoxicated and combative with officers on scene.” The release adds, “After resisting and fighting with officers, he was taken into custody and transported to the Kootenai County jail.”

Booking records and a Facebook post provided with the police release list the charges against McMullin as aggravated assault, battery on a police officer, and obstruction. The Facebook snippet listing those exact charges also states, “No additional injuries.” Neither the press release nor the Facebook post provides the victim’s name, age, or further injury details; the sources do not indicate whether the knife was collected as evidence or whether any officers sustained injury during the struggle.

Coeur d’Alene police detained the legally armed citizen at the scene for questioning; the available accounts do not state whether that individual was charged or released. The press materials identify McMullin as “of Athol” but do not specify the state for that residence; the Coeur d’Alene Press is an Idaho outlet and the incident occurred in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. Court dates, bail information, and charging documents for McMullin were not provided in the materials reviewed.

An unrelated item in the source packet concerns a separate case in Massachusetts: Jack Newbrough, 25, was arraigned in Gardner, Massachusetts, on charges including assault with attempt to murder after an alleged kitchen-knife attack. That case involves different defendants, different charges, and a different state and is not connected to the Coeur d’Alene incident.

At the time of publication, McMullin remained in custody at the Kootenai County jail under the booked charges; police and jail booking records are the primary avenues for subsequent updates on evidence, injuries, and arraignment scheduling.