A local man has been arrested for smashing holes in an interior wall of his apartment, setting his apartment on fire and threatening responding police officers with a shovel and then spitting on them, according to the Pocatello Police Department.
Whitney Bolton, 39, has been charged with first-degree arson, aggravated assault and assault on an officer for the Friday evening incident at his apartment in the 3300 block of Pole Line Road near West Alameda Road. If convicted of the charges, Bolton’s facing a maximum punishment of 35 years in prison and a $105,000 fine.
The incident began to unfold around 7:20 p.m. Friday when residents of the apartment complex where Bolton resided called Pocatello police because he was smashing holes in an interior wall of his apartment, police said.