Man allegedly threatened to kill boy and dog with rock in Pocatello 

POCATELLO — A 33-year-old man allegedly threatened to termination a boy and his canine pinch a rock, tribunal documents said. 

Johnny Joseph Montoya has been charged pinch felony aggravated assault. 

According to nan affidavit of probable origin revenge by nan Pocatello Police Department, nan incident happened past week connected Friday, Aug. 2 aft 8:20 p.m. An serviceman responded adjacent nan 900 artifact of North Garfield Avenue for a disturbance. 

The serviceman talked pinch a boy who said that a man — later identified arsenic Montoya — had picked up a rock, held it complete his head, and walked toward him, threatening to termination him and his dog.

He said he “feared” Montoya was going to wounded him aliases effort to wounded him, tribunal documents said. 

The serviceman interviewed Montoya, who appeared to beryllium nether nan power of narcotics aliases alcohol, tribunal records show. Montoya told nan serviceman he had picked up a stone because he believed that nan canine was going to onslaught him. He said he did not callback whether he said to aliases threatened nan boy aliases not. 

Based connected grounds that Montoya was successful possession of a stone and nan investigation, he was arrested and transported to nan Bannock County Jail. 

He was fixed a enslaved of $10,000. Montoya is scheduled for a preliminary proceeding astatine nan Bannock County courthouse connected Aug. 15 astatine 10:30 a.m.

The complaint is punishable by up to 5 years successful situation and/or a $5,000 fine. According to nan criminal title filed, nan State of Idaho will activity a sentencing enhancement by expanding nan maximum condemnation by 15 years successful situation for nan usage of a deadly limb successful nan committee of a crime. 

Though Montoya has been charged pinch this crime, it does not needfully mean he committed it. Everyone is presumed guiltless until they are proven guilty.