Man charged with murder takes back guilty plea, prosecutor files for death penalty

IDAHO FALLS — A man charged pinch execution has withdrawn his blameworthy plea, and nan authorities has refiled for nan decease punishment pursuing caller felony charges.

Lance Broncho, 23, was precocious charged pinch 3 counts of felony battle aliases artillery upon definite unit and felony introducing awesome contraband to a correctional facility.

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Broncho was charged successful March pinch felony first-degree execution of 51-year-old Eric Leask, felony aggravated artillery pinch nan usage of a deadly weapon, felony robbery, felony burglary, felony unlawful possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, and 2 felony enhancements for nan usage of a deadly limb successful nan committee of a felony.

In nan execution case, a plea statement was signed successful June, and nan prosecution agreed to urge life successful situation and return nan decease punishment disconnected nan table.

Following nan caller felony charges, Broncho withdrew his blameworthy plea connected July 11, and Bonneville County Prosecutor Randy Neal says nan authorities has refiled pinch intent to prosecute nan decease punishment against Broncho.

Broncho besides waived his correct to a speedy proceedings connected July 22.

Jail incident

Court records opportunity connected July 6, Broncho was successful nan time area of his jailhouse dorm while deputies searched his cell.

Deputies reportedly recovered medications and an “improvised tattoo device.”

Police records opportunity nan instrumentality was made retired of “a acheronian colour conduit extended from nan bottommost of (a jail-issued shampoo bottle) to nan cap, and nan headdress had what looked to beryllium immoderate benignant of ligament aliases curved crisp entity jutting from nan cap.”

Deputies later confirmed that Broncho was legally fixed nan medications by nan aesculapian staff.

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After asking Broncho to guidelines and beryllium escorted retired of nan dorm, he reportedly “struck (a deputy) successful nan caput pinch his hands.”

Broncho was past “physically restrained,” according to tribunal documents, earlier being handcuffed and brought retired of nan dorm.

After being brought to a abstracted area, broncho allegedly attempted to “headbutt” 2 deputies, missed, and was taken down to nan level again, wherever he allegedly suffered a articulator wounded that later required stitches.

On July 10, a lawman asked Broncho if they could question and reply him astir nan incident, but he declined, saying “he was having a bad day.”

The aforesaid lawman said pinch nan lawman who had been deed successful nan head, who reported that nary pictures were taken of his injuries, arsenic he only had a mini people connected his ear.

On July 11, nan lawman learned that a jailhouse lawman had recovered a missive successful Broncho’s compartment reading:

“I socked up (three Bonneville County Jail deputies) lol past connected my measurement to typical lodging one caput butted (the deputy) past they jumped my happy ass haha each bad I went into a afloat blown seizer bc one deed my caput truthful difficult my teeth collapsed & went done my bottommost articulator but existent talk they tin beryllium disrespecting maine for illustration they do adjacent clip ima fume 1 lol.”

According to constabulary reports, nan remainder of nan missive explained a “conspiracy to smuggle narcotics into nan jail.”

Broncho was fixed a enslaved of $25,000 for this case, but is already being held without a enslaved successful a abstracted case, wherever he is accused of murder.

He is expected to look successful tribunal for a position convention for nan execution lawsuit connected Aug. 1, and look for a preliminary proceeding connected nan battle charges connected Aug. 2.

Broncho could look up to 20 years successful situation for nan battle charges, and is facing life successful situation aliases nan decease punishment successful nan execution case.

Murder lawsuit background

According to tribunal documents, an Idaho Falls Police detective was called astir 9 p.m. connected March 9 to analyse a shooting connected nan 100 artifact of 4th Street.

A female who lived astatine nan location said she and Leask woke up to an “unknown fishy breaking successful their beforehand door.”

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Broncho reportedly started fighting pinch nan woman’s son, and Leask jumped successful to take sides him.

The female said Broncho had a weapon and “face tattoos adjacent his eyes.” She told nan detective she saw him sprout nan weapon aggregate times.

In an question and reply pinch detectives, nan boy said he was playing video games successful his chamber erstwhile he heard a sound astatine nan doorway and “loud banging.”

Broncho entered nan location and saw nan boy successful nan surviving room. The boy said Broncho was wearing “a disguise and acheronian clothing,” was equipped pinch a handgun, and yelled, “Give maine everything!”

Both Leask and nan boy tried to “overpower” Broncho, but he was capable to sprout nan weapon “several times,” hitting nan boy successful nan limb and manus and Leask successful nan shoulder/chest area.

According to nan son, he gave a “cased 9 mm FN firearm to (Broncho) to get him to leave.” Broncho past ran from nan home, but nan residents told nan detective they believed Broncho was besides injured.

Both Leask and nan boy were transported to Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center by Idaho Falls ambulance.

Leask later died from his injuries. The boy was discharged.

At nan clip of nan location invasion, Broncho was connected national supervised merchandise and had an progressive felony warrant.

Recorded jailhouse calls

In May, EastIdahoNews.com obtained jailhouse telephone and video telephone recordings, wherever Broncho reportedly talked to aggregate people, including his mother, astir nan alleged murder.

In a video telephone recording, Broncho told 2 unidentified friends, “Guess who (?) killed? A family friend of mine,” says Broncho. “They’re my family friend. They’re my sister’s friend. It conscionable get’s weirder and weirder.”

Watch nan video telephone here.
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In a abstracted telephone telephone recording, Broncho reportedly finds retired that Leask died aft nan alleged break-in.

“Are you alert that you killed an guiltless man?” Broncho’s mother asks successful nan audio call. Listen to nan telephone telephone here.