No good life saving goes unpunished

COEUR d’ALENE — Shoshone County Sheriff’s Office deputy J.D. Allen got punched in the face by a drunk at the beach Tuesday night.

Allen, who was off-duty, pulled an “extremely intoxicated” man from Lake Coeur d’Alene in Harrison after the man began struggling in the water while swimming.

“Yeah, I’m proud of him,” Shoshone County Sheriff Mitch Alexander said Wednesday. “From what I hear he probably saved the guy’s life.”

And the punch?

“He’s from the (Silver) Valley, he’s tough,” Alexander said. “In our line of work, dealing with drunks — it happens frequently.”

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