Man arrested after lengthy standoff with Idaho Falls police

The pursuing is simply a news merchandise from nan Idaho Falls Police Department.

IDAHO FALLS — A man has been arrested connected a assortment of felony and misdemeanor charges aft a standoff connected Tuesday night.

The incident happened astatine astir 9:15 p.m Officers responded to nan area of Lincoln Drive and 1st Street for a study of a home dispute.

Officers said pinch a unfortunate who said Colton Lopez was wrong her location equipped pinch knives and destroying things successful nan home.

The unfortunate said Lopez had surgery a model to get into nan location and was violating an progressive nary interaction order. She besides said that erstwhile she said she was going to telephone nan police, Lopez attacked her and covered her rima pinch his hand. The unfortunate said she had to wound his manus to get away.

When officers arrived, Lopez ran backmost wrong nan residence. Lopez refused to travel extracurricular erstwhile directed to by officers and barricaded himself inside.

The Idaho Falls Police SWAT and Unmanned Aerial Systems Teams, and situation negotiators responded to nan scene.

Officers made galore announcements utilizing PA systems and situation negotiators made interaction pinch Lopez astatine different times by compartment phone. Lopez was told he was nether apprehension but would not travel out.

During a four-and-a-half-hour standoff typical teams utilized flash bangs and a chemic irritant to promote Lopez to exit, and various devices to summation visuals wrong nan residence.

Ultimately nan SWAT squad had to unit introduction into nan residence. Lopez was recovered hiding wrong nan attic crawl abstraction and was taken into custody.

Lopez, 25, was arrested for felony first grade stalking, felony malicious wounded to property, felony burglary, misdemeanor home battery, misdemeanor resisting aliases obstructing officers, misdemeanor possession of marijuana and a usurpation of a nary interaction order.

Lopez was taken to nan infirmary concisely for a jailhouse clearance and past booked into nan Bonneville County Jail.