A Detroit Lakes resident was among 26 people arrested at the site of a Line 3 pipeline protest in Hubbard County on Thursday, March 25.
At 11:17 a.m. March 25, the Hubbard County Sheriff’s Office received a report of about 30 pipeline protesters standing on the side of US Highway 71 at an Enbridge pipeline crossing in Hubbard County's Lake Alice Township. Officers found numerous vehicles parked along the highway, a crowd of protesters standing on the edge of the roadway, and approximately 20-protesters on private property within the pipeline easement.
A dispersal order was given to those on the highway and also to those trespassing on private property. Some individuals complied with the order as they moved their vehicles and left the area. Those that remained on the private property were locked together in a circle and were surrounding other protesters who also refused to leave. Officers from Hubbard and Beltrami counties removed the protesters and arrested them.
Those charged were:
- Christian Briones, Garland, Texas: Unlawful assembly, trespassing.
- Micah Lott Carpenter, Arapahoe, Wyo.: Unlawful assembly, trespassing, obstructing legal process.
- Helen Clanaugh, Duluth, Minn.: Unlawful assembly, trespassing, obstructing legal process.
- Joshua Decker, Missoula, Mont.: Trespassing, unlawful assembly.
- Daniel Dixon, Washington, D.C.: Trespassing, unlawful assembly.
- Jennifer Dylkowski, Stacy, Minn.: Unlawful assembly, trespassing.
- Anne Franklin, Arroyo Seco, N. Mex.: Unlawful assembly, trespassing, obstructing legal process.
- Tara Houska, Minneapolis: Unlawful assembly, trespassing, obstructing legal process.
- David Ingold, Minneapolis: Unlawful assembly, trespassing.
- Elsa Johnson, Boulder, Colo.: Unlawful assembly, obstructing legal process, trespassing.
- Michael Kuhn, Minneapolis: Unlawful assembly, trespassing, obstructing legal process.
- Erik Leigh, Chisago City, Minn.: Unlawful assembly, trespassing.
- Regan Loggans, Brooklyn, N.Y.: Obstructing legal process, trespassing, unlawful assembly.
- Natalie Marsh, Springfield, Va.: Unlawful assembly, trespassing, obstructing legal process.
- Shane Mcsauby, Grand Rapids, Mich.: Unlawful assembly, trespassing, obstructing legal process.
- Joseph Meinholz, Minneapolis: Unlawful assembly, obstructing legal process, trespassing.
- Nteboheng Mokuena, Baltimore, Md.: Public nuisance, trespassing, unlawful assembly.
- Danika Pandilla, Monterey, Mass.: Unlawful assembly, trespassing, obstructing legal process.
- Victor Puertas, Salt Lake City, Utah: Trespassing, unlawful assembly, obstructing legal process.
- Avery Beattie, Red Wing, Minn.: Trespassing, unlawful assembly.
- Savannah Romero, Tukwila, Va.: Trespassing, unlawful assembly, obstructing legal process.
- Anna Schumacher, Detroit Lakes: Unlawful assembly, obstructing legal process, trespassing.
- Rafael Feikema, Williamsburg, Va.: Trespassing, unlawful assembly, public nuisance.
- Natalie Steinberg, Springfield, Va.: Unlawful assembly, trespassing.
- Maya Stovall, Macomb, Ill.: Trespassing, unlawful assembly, public nuisance, obstructing legal process.
- Maura Sullivan, New Orleans: Unlawful assembly, trespassing, obstructing legal process.
- Katie Woodward, Minneapolis: Unlawful assembly, trespassing.
All the individuals that were arrested were transported to the Hubbard County Jail and are awaiting arraignment.
The Northern Lights Task Force is comprised of numerous law enforcement agencies throughout northern Minnesota.
