Pocatello man sentenced to prison for firing gun inside occupied home

POCATELLO — A man who pleaded blameworthy to 2 felonies has been ordered to service a 42-month situation sentence.

Dominick Adrian Zazweta, 32, pleaded blameworthy to 1 count of malicious wounded to spot and 1 count of unlawful possession of a firearm by a convicted felon aft reaching a plea woody pinch nan Bannock County Prosecutor’s Office, tribunal records show. As portion of nan deal, a persistent violator enhancement was dismissed. An further felony complaint for discharging a firearm successful an occupied building was removed successful an amended complaint.

At a May 13 hearing, District Judge Robert Naftz sentenced Zazweta to 2 abstracted situation position of 18 to 42 months for nan charges, pinch in installments for 64 days clip served. The judge ordered nan 2 situation sentences to beryllium served concurrently.

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Zazweta was arrested successful January pursuing an altercation during which he fired respective gunshots wrong a location pinch aggregate occupants.

As officers approached nan scene, they reported proceeding gunshots coming from nan home. Upon arrival, they recovered 2 spent ammunition casings arsenic good arsenic a fired slug successful nan gait of nan location from which nan gunshots were coming. Zazweta had already near nan segment erstwhile they arrived.

Residents astatine nan location told officers Zazweta threatened them pinch a weapon from extracurricular nan beforehand door, past attempted to break into nan location done a window. They said Zazweta had fired aggregate shots astatine nan location a fewer days prior, but did not study nan incident for fearfulness of retaliation.

Officers recovered Zazweta a short clip later and searched nan truck. He was seen leaving nan segment of nan shooting. They recovered a achromatic 9mm handgun matching nan explanation of nan weapon provided by nan victims.

In summation to nan situation sentenced, Zazweta was ordered to salary $491 successful fees and fines.