Warrant issued for Montpelier man accused of setting his motel room on fire

PARIS — A man charged pinch arson and malicious wounded to spot has a warrant issued for his apprehension aft failing to look successful tribunal Thursday.

District Judge Cody Brower, defense lawyer Samuel James, prosecuting lawyer Adam McKenzie and probation and parole serviceman Karen Hatch each voiced concerns regarding nan intelligence wellness of 45-year-old Robert Jacob Amidan.

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Amidan, who faces 2 felony charges, was scheduled for a alteration of plea proceeding Thursday greeting astatine nan Bear Lake County Courthouse but was not present. James told Brower that a family personnel called him to study that Amidan had been progressive successful a motorcycle clang successful Cokeville, Wyoming but that nan facts of nan incident were unclear.

James went connected to explicate Amidan’s galore efforts to activity intelligence wellness treatment, but that he was removed from 1 installation for threatening to rustle it up and denied entree to another. McKenzie projected that Brower rumor a chair warrant for Amidan’s apprehension and person jailhouse aesculapian unit measure him for involuntary commitment.

Asked her thoughts connected Amidan’s state, Hatch said, “He (Amidan) is not unchangeable correct now,” adding that he had not been removed from curen previously.

James agreed that “He (Amidan) does request to get immoderate intelligence wellness help,” but said that he should not beryllium punished saying again that Amidan made an effort to activity voluntary curen and that his absence from tribunal was owed to proscription issues.

The defense lawyer noted what he suggested were shortcomings successful Idaho’s curen of intelligence wellness ailments.

Brower said he shares “many of nan aforesaid frustrations” regarding nan measurement intelligence unwellness is treated, but added that location is simply a interest astir nan consequence Amidan presents to nan nationalist fixed his information and charged offense. The judge went connected to opportunity that conveyance problems are “all excessively often an excuse.”

Amidan was arrested successful April aft Montpelier constabulary responded to reports of a occurrence astatine an area motel. While attempting to summation entree to nan room successful an effort to extinguish nan fire, officers reported Amidan throwing items done nan model successful their direction.

Officers utilized a occurrence extinguisher to put retired nan blaze done nan surgery window.

A chair warrant was issued pinch a enslaved magnitude of $7,500. Amidan was released connected his ain recognizance by Magistrate Judge Todd Garbett connected May 8, tribunal records show.