WATCH: Idaho Official Cries After Armed Anti-Mask Protestors Scare Sons At Home

During a virtual meeting Tuesday to vote on a local mask mandate in Idaho, a county commissioner teared up and asked to be excused while telling the group that a neighbor had called to inform her that armed anti-mask protestors had surrounded her home with her two sons inside.

“Can I interrupt you for just a moment? My 12-year-old son is home by himself right now, and there are protesters banging outside the door. I’m going to go home and make sure he’s O.K., and then I’ll reconnect with you once I’m there,” said Ada County Commissioner Diana Lachiondo.

Fifteen protesters had also convened outside another board member's home and protestors also gathered outside the Central District Health's office.

The board was understanding and wished Lachiondo the best as she left to check on her children.

The Central District Health’s Board of Health serves four counties in Idaho's most populous region, which includes Boise.

Boise Police Chief Ryan Lee said Wednesday there are three active arrest warrants connected to the protests outside Lachiondo’s home and more could follow, according to the Idaho Statesman.

On Wednesday, Lachiondo shared a post on Facebook explaining one of the consequences that comes with being a public health employee.

“During last night’s Board of Health meeting, armed protestors once again assembled outside my home: yelling, banging, firing air horns, amplifying sound clips from [the 1983 film] Scarface, accusing me of tyranny and cowering inside,” she wrote.

“I wasn’t actually inside the house: I was taking the call from my office at the Ada County Courthouse. But my two sons, ages 12 and 8, and my mother (who was out taking our dog on a short walk) were. And as many of you saw last night, my son called me in tears at the beginning of last night’s meeting.”

Lachiondo admitted that the ordeal left her “tired” and “sad.”

Lachiondo concluded her Facebook post by telling her fellow residents not to look at the mask mandate amid the coronavirus pandemic as a punishment.

“And I’m asking every Idahoan to understand that simple steps slow the spread of this virus - mask wearing and social distancing - aren’t tools of oppression. They are effective (though imperfect) and they are all we have. Use them,” Lachiondo said.

The anti-mask protests were organized by a multi-state group called People's Rights as well as an anti-vaccination group called Health Freedom Idaho.