WADENA, Minn. (KFGO) – Four protesters were taken to the Wadena County Jail late Tuesday afternoon for trespassing on the Enbridge pipeline right-of-way northwest of Huntersville, about 30 miles north of Wadena.
A caller reported about 30 demonstrators at the site and that some were climbing on construction equipment.
When officers arrived, they saw the demonstrators near the equipment and found one of the operators trapped inside. Deputies were able to get the employee out safely and ordered the protesters to leave.
Four who were locked onto the equipment remained. One needed to be cut out but the other three freed themselves. The four are facing charges of trespassing and obstructing the legal process. Those arrested are from Texas, New York, and Louisiana.
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