• Alison Boggs' is working on a story re: this incident involving Roosevelt Inn owner John Hough. She has talked to Hough's. Stay tuned.

HucksOnline has learned the following from spokeswoman Christie Wood re: the man taken into custody over the utility dispute: "The male was never on the roof. This started as the male having a dispute with Avista over his bill. The Avista employee went to the address to shut off the power. The male called the Avista office in front of the employee and had a heated conversation with them. I cannot release the details of his statements except to acknowledge he was threatening and mentioned a weapon. Much more below.

 He told the Avista worker to leave his property and the worker complied. The male then went back inside of the building and locked the door. Our officers arrived on scene and saw the male sitting near the top floor window. The window was open. No one ever saw a weapon displayed. One of our officers knows the male personally so he yelled to him to come down stairs and talk to him. The male cooperated and came down to the front of the building to talk to officers. Officers went inside the building and located a rifle in the room where the male had been sitting. The rifle was unloaded. The Avista employee did not want to pursue any charges and the actions of the male did not meet the elements of an aggravated assault. The male was taken into protective custody due to the officers concern per Idaho statute that he could "be a threat to himself or others."