Man allegedly breaks into home, stabs belongings and causes SWAT standoff 

IDAHO FALLS — Court documents springiness much specifications astir an incident involving a 25-year-old man allegedly breaking into a woman’s location done a window, stabbing her belongings pinch a weapon and causing a SWAT standoff for complete 4 hours. 

Colton Bennet Lopez has been charged pinch aggregate felonies and misdemeanors. 

Here are his charges: 

• Felony burglary 
• Felony malicious wounded to property 
• Misdemeanor resisting arrest
• Misdemeanor possession of a controlled substance 
• Misdemeanor possession of supplier paraphernalia
• Misdemeanor usurpation of a protection order
• Misdemeanor battery 

What happened

On Tuesday astatine 9:15 p.m., Idaho Falls Police Department officers responded to a study of a home conflict successful nan area of Lincoln Drive and 1st Street. 

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The unfortunate told constabulary a man named Lopez was wrong her home, destroying her belongings and causing thousands of dollars successful damage. She said that he was equipped pinch knives, according to tribunal documents. 

She said Lopez had surgery a model to get wrong her home, and she had seen him  “stabbing things pinch a knife.” 

She reported that erstwhile she said she was going to telephone nan police, Lopez attacked her and covered her rima pinch his hand, a news merchandise said.  She allegedly had to wound him to get away.

Lopez came extracurricular of nan location wherever constabulary were and “aggressively” kept putting his hands successful his pockets. Officers asked him to extremity putting his hands successful his pockets. That’s erstwhile he ran backmost into nan location and barricaded himself inside. He would not travel out, documents said.  

SWAT responded to nan scene

SWAT was called. Lopez refused to travel retired of nan location aft aggregate announcements that he was nether arrest. 

The unfortunate told officers she had an progressive no-contact bid against him retired of California, which was confirmed by police. 

An officer, on pinch a K9, searched Lopez’s conveyance — a 2010 Ford Edge — licensed done California. The serviceman recovered a marijuana dab kit, a greenish smoking bong and a marijuana grinder. 

After a 4 and a half hr standoff, nan SWAT squad forced introduction into nan home. Lopez was recovered hiding wrong nan attic crawl space.

He was taken into custody and transported to nan Bonneville County Jail. 

Lopez was fixed a $25,000 bond. A no-contact bid was filed. 

Lopez has been assigned a Bonneville County nationalist defender, according to tribunal records. EastIdahoNews.com reached retired to nan agency for remark connected his broadside of nan story; however, according to nan beforehand desk, owed to attorney-client privilege, nary comments are being made. 

A preliminary proceeding is scheduled for July 9 astatine 1 p.m. astatine nan Bonneville County Courthouse. 

Though Lopez has been charged pinch these crimes, it does not needfully mean he committed them. Everyone is presumed guiltless until they are proven guilty.