Members of a southeastern Idaho youth church group were being driven around by their chaperone last month,delivering Thanksgiving cards in the neighborhood to those they were thankful for when they decided last-minute to stop at the home of the county sheriff’s house, according to a probable cause affidavit later in court.
Summary
- What happened next outside the home of Bingham County Sheriff Craig Rowland has put the small Idaho community in the national spotlight.
- Shortly afterward, Cox told investigators, she saw Rowland trying to wave her down with a gun in his other hand.
- When detailing the threats, Rowland allegedly made disparaging comments to investigators about Native Americans.
- “Sheriff Rowland lifted the gun and pointed it at Cox’s head while holding the gun approximately two inches from her forehead,” the affidavit said.
- The affidavit says that Rowland told her to not ever do this again and that he could shoot her.