POCATELLO — A Bannock County jury has acquitted a local woman of all felony charges stemming from a September 2025 incident in which she was arrested while recording a traffic stop involving motorcyclists.

Casey J. Champion, 41, of Pocatello, was found not guilty Tuesday of battery on a law enforcement officer and possession of cocaine, both felonies, following a multi-day jury trial at the Bannock County Courthouse in Pocatello, according to a news release from her Pocatello attorney Jennifer Call of Snake River Criminal Defense.

The jury also acquitted her of misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia but returned a guilty verdict on her only remaining charge stemming from the incident — one misdemeanor count of resisting and obstructing.

A significant departure from the potential sentence of up to 12 years in prison and fines totaling $65,000 had she been convicted of both felonies, the sole misdemeanor conviction lessens Champion’s maximum possible penalty to no more than one year in county jail and a fine of no more than $1,000.

“The jury saw the case for what it was and reached a verdict based on the evidence presented in court,” Call said.

Champion was arrested in the early morning hours of September 2025 after police responded to a traffic stop involving six motorcyclists in the area of South Second Avenue and East Center Street, the Idaho State Journal reported last year. According to the police report, some of the motorcycle riders began fighting with officers on scene and Champion walked between vehicles and started recording the incident.

Police alleged Champion refused repeated requests to step back and struck an officer in the chest when he attempted to move her, according to court records. A subsequent search allegedly revealed a metal tube in her possession containing a substance later identified as cocaine.

Champion was initially held on $45,000 bond at Bannock County Jail before posting bail the following day.

Throughout the trial, jurors were asked to carefully evaluate the evidence and determine whether the state met its burden of proof on each charge, Call said in the release.

The jury ultimately rejected the prosecution’s most serious allegations.

Following the verdicts, Champion expressed relief, stating that while the experience was difficult, she is grateful the jury took the time to listen carefully and evaluate the facts, Call said in the release.

The case proceeded from magistrate court to district court level for trial after prosecutors successfully argued at a preliminary hearing last September that there was sufficient evidence to support the charges.

Two other individuals involved in the original incident were charged with misdemeanor offenses, including DUI and resisting and obstructing, according to police reports from the time of the arrests.