COEUR D’ALENE, ID — A 35-year-old Coeur d’Alene man has been sentenced to 15 years in prison following convictions for multiple violent crimes and drug possession, according to the Kootenai County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office.
Shane Gregory Park pleaded guilty on February 20, 2025, to Battery, Aggravated Assault, Attempted Strangulation, and Possession of Controlled Substances, just two weeks before his case was scheduled to go to trial. The charges stem from a series of violent incidents against his former partner that occurred between August 2023 and January 2024.
According to prosecutors, Park physically abused the woman on multiple occasions—slamming her head into a cabinet and a dryer, striking her face, choking her, holding a firearm to her head, and pinning her head against a stove, which resulted in her hair catching fire.
During the investigation, a search of Park’s residence uncovered cocaine, amphetamine, and MDMA. He was formally charged on February 1, 2024, but fled after bonding out of jail and failing to appear in court on February 13. A bench warrant was issued, and Park was later apprehended in Mexico before being extradited to Idaho. He reappeared in court on November 4, 2024.
On May 13, 2025, District Judge Ross Pittman sentenced Park to a unified 15-year prison term, with parole eligibility after five years, aligning with the recommendation from Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Shannon Jackson.
Park’s prior criminal record includes convictions for controlled substance possession, domestic violence, violating no-contact orders, disturbing the peace, DUI, and multiple probation violations.
Prosecuting Attorney Stanley T. Mortensen commended Criminal Chief Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Laura McClinton for her work on the case and thanked the Coeur d’Alene Police Department for its investigative efforts.
The release highlighted the severe risks associated with domestic violence, citing research from the Training Institute on Strangulation Prevention, which states that a woman who survives nonfatal strangulation by an intimate partner is 750% more likely to be later killed by that partner with a firearm.
The Kootenai County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office reiterated its commitment to addressing domestic violence, describing it as a pattern of abusive behavior used by one partner to gain or maintain power and control over another, as defined by the Department of Justice’s Office on Violence Against Women.
