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Man arrested at Idaho Falls Airport after allegedly interfering with airplane, assaulting police – East Idaho News
IDAHO FALLS – A Colorado man faces multiple charges after police say he interfered with the emergency exit door of an airplane and tried to assault numerous officers.
Anthony Joseph Alarcon, 35, of Pueblo, Colorado, is charged with felony stealing from/interfering with/destruction of an aircraft, misdemeanor assault, and misdemeanor resisting or obstructing officers.
On Sept. 28, an Idaho Falls Police officer was contacted by airline crews at Idaho Falls Regional Airport about the “theft of a carabiner clip from the emergency exit door of an aircraft that flew from Denver to Idaho Falls,” according to court documents.
Flight crew members and a passenger on the plane pointed out the suspect, later identified as Alarcon, to the officer.
The officer asked Alarcon if he had the carabiner clip, which he initially denied. Eventually, he gave it to the officer.
Police reports say the flight was delayed for nearly two hours due to the carabiner being stolen.
Alarcon was being picked up from the airport by his supervisor, so the officer met with both men and asked them to wait while another officer was on his way to bring the necessary paperwork to document the incident.
While waiting in the lobby, Alarcon reportedly became “aggressive and irritated,” asking, “What was taking so long?”
The officer responded that he was waiting for another officer to bring him the needed paperwork. Alarcon reportedly “got upset and aggressively stepped toward (the officer) with his fists clenched.”
The officer writes in the report that Alarcon’s “eyes were tense and squinted.”
Court documents say the officer was forced to move out of the way to avoid Alarcon touching him and tried to detain him.
Alarcon refused to comply, so the officer deployed pepper spray and got him in handcuffs. The officer then took Alarcon outside to flush his eyes with water.
While continuing to wait for more officers, Alarcon reportedly became aggressive again, trying to pull away from the officer while allegedly yelling, “Are you that scared of me?”
The officer tried to push Alarcon against a wall but was unable to until two other officers arrived.
Alarcon “struck his nose on the wall” and was forced to the ground and detained.
Police reports say officers flushed Alarcon’s eyes and wiped his face several times while waiting for EMS to arrive. When they arrived, Alarcon was allegedly also aggressive and uncooperative with the medical team.
Alarcon was taken to an emergency room for a jail clearance and then booked into the Bonneville County Jail on a $50,000 bond.
He is expected to appear for a District Court arraignment on Oct. 21. If convicted, he could face up to 24 years in prison and $12,000 in fines.
Though Alarcon has been charged with these crimes, it does not necessarily mean he committed them. Everyone is presumed innocent until they are proven guilty.
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PAYETTE — A Payette mom’s bond was revoked Tuesday after she was charged with suffocating her twin children earlier this month and is believed to pose a danger to the life of her newborn child.
The case, which has drawn national headlines, concerns Andrea Renee Shaw, a 23-year-old Payette mother who in May 2025 said her 18-month-old fraternal twins died the same day, after receiving routine childhood vaccinations. In January, Shaw joined as a plaintiff in a federal lawsuit filed by Children’s Health Defense, an anti-vaccine organization founded by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., with several other plaintiffs claiming vaccine injury or death.
Kennedy, who now serves as secretary of Health and Human Services, is no longer part of the group after taking on the cabinet position, as was reported by the Associated Press.
In Idaho, the twins’ deaths prompted a 14-month investigation by the Payette County Sheriff’s Department. On June 29, the investigation yielded a grand jury indictment of Shaw on two counts of first-degree murder by suffocation. If convicted, Shaw can be punished by up to life in prison or the death penalty, and the court would have the ability to order the penalties be served consecutively, or back to back.
Tuesday’s arraignment at the Payette County Courthouse was primarily attended by Shaw’s relatives and members of the media. Payette County Judge Kiley Stuchlik, who serves Idaho’s Third Judicial District, presided.
A key consideration for Stuchlik on Tuesday was a request from Joseph Filicetti, the legal counsel for Shaw, to have her bond reduced from $2 million to $100,000. Filicetti said this would allow for Shaw to care for a newborn girl, who, according to court documents, was born by caesarean section on June 25, four days prior to Shaw’s grand jury indictment.
State prosecutors objected to the motion for bond reduction, noting at hand was a potential death penalty case and asserting, unlike her husband, Shaw’s story repeatedly changed during questioning. Prosecuting Attorney Mike Duke said releasing Shaw would ultimately put the newborn’s safety at risk.
“That child is the most at risk. We do not think she should be allowed to be anywhere near any children, let alone her own children,” Duke said.
Stuchlik decided to revoke bond entirely, stating Shaw posed a “risk of safety” to the newborn child that was not known to Stuchlik or prosecutors when the $2 million bond was initially set.
Also for consideration Tuesday was a request to have grand jury transcripts of witness testimony provided to prosecutors and defense counsel to prepare their respective cases.
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