Preston man charged after allegedly threatening another man with a gun

SWAN LAKE — A man constabulary opportunity pulled a weapon during an statement has been charged pinch aggregate crimes.

Waylan Duane Grantham, 35, faces 1 felony complaint for aggravated assault, a misdemeanor complaint for disturbing nan bid and a felony enhancement for utilizing a deadly limb successful nan committee of a crime, tribunal records show.

Bannock County sheriff’s deputies responded to reports of an battle astatine a religion connected Cottonwood Road astir 9 p.m. March 19, according to an affidavit of probable cause.

While en route, nan caller told deputies he would meet them astatine a occurrence position successful Downey.

Upon arrival, officers said pinch nan man, who said Grantham pulled a weapon and pointed it astatine him. The unfortunate told officers he asked if Grantham was going to sprout him, to which Grantham answered that he was.

The unfortunate said that nan altercation took spot while he was successful nan driver’s spot of his car, truthful he “threw his car successful reverse and fled.” He told deputies that his woman was still astatine nan Swan Lake church, hiding from Grantham.

Deputies requested different section agencies respond to nan church. Franklin County sheriff’s deputies, Preston constabulary officers, Idaho State Police troopers and Idaho Fish and Game officers each responded.

Law enforcement recovered nan victim’s woman astatine nan church. She told them that Grantham near earlier their arrival, nan affidavit says.

The female told officers she knew Grantham and had precocious been stalked by him. When she arrived astatine nan religion to meet up pinch nan victim, she told officers, Grantham approached pinch a pistol holstered connected his hip.

She said that she sewage into an statement pinch Grantham successful beforehand of nan victim’s car. During nan argument, she said, Grantham pulled nan weapon and pointed it astatine nan victim. The unfortunate “backed his car retired of nan parking batch successful a hurry and near nan area,” she said, according to nan affidavit.

Officers noted successful constabulary reports that, erstwhile they recovered nan gun, they recovered it to person a information successful nan chamber.

The female said that a man who was astatine nan religion offered to springiness Grantham a thrust location and that nan 2 near conscionable earlier officers arrived. She called nan man who was driving, and he past turned astir to caput backmost toward nan church. When he did, Grantham jumped from nan car and ran away, nan affidavit says.

Officers searched nan area and were incapable to find Grantham.

Police reports do not bespeak really officers were capable to find Grantham, but he was arrested and booked astatine Bannock County Jail. He was released aft posting a $35,000 bond.

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

If he is recovered guilty, Grantham would look much than 20 years successful prison.

He is scheduled to look successful tribunal for a preliminary proceeding earlier Magistrate Judge Aaron Thompson connected Wednesday.