POCATELLO — Two men were arrested Sunday following a disturbance that unfolded after car crash inside a Pocatello mobile home park, police said.
Devaris Donta Givens, 36, of Pocatello, has been charged with one count of felony aggravated assault for brandishing a weapon that was later determined to be a BB gun during the incident, police said.
The other man, Nicholas Lee Gorringe, 43, who was driving the vehicle involved in the crash, was taken into custody on an outstanding warrant and later charged with felony possession of fentanyl and misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia, according to police and court records the Idaho State Journal recently obtained.
The incident began to unfold around 4:50 p.m. on the 1000 block of Wilson Avenue when a private property car accident occurred, police said.
Gorringe was driving his 2004 GMC Sierra when he backed into another vehicle, police said.
Multiple people began arguing at the scene of the crash and Givens then exited a nearby mobile home and brandished what was initially believed to be a firearm, police said.
People at the scene contacted Pocatello police who quickly responded to the incident.
Officers interviewed two witnesses who said they observed Givens exit his home brandishing the weapon and then pointing it toward those arguing about the crash, according to the report.
Officers interviewed Givens who denied being involved in the argument or brandishing a weapon but because of the two witness statements he was charged and arrested, police said.
Officers later obtained permission from the owner of the home where Givens was staying to search his room where they located the BB gun, according to the report.
Police determined the man's weapon was in fact a BB gun. He was charged with aggravated assault for his role in the incident.
Gorringe was determined to have an outstanding warrant for failing to appear for a May 22 court hearing related to a April 30 driving without privileges charge and was arrested, police said.
After his arrest, officers deployed a K-9 that indicated there were narcotics inside the truck and officers ultimately located suspected fentanyl and drug paraphernalia, according to the report.
Officers contacted the Bannock County Jail while Gorringe was in transport there and told them Gorringe would also be facing felony and misdemeanor drug-related charges, police said.
There were no injuries during the incident, police said.
Givens and Gorringe both appeared for separate arraignment hearings in front of 6th District Magistrate Judge Stephen J. Clark on Tuesday, during which Givens’ bond was set at $50,000 and Gorringe’s bond was set at $20,000.
Both men are due back in court for separate preliminary hearings on June 11, which will involve prosecutors attempting to prove there is enough evidence against them to elevate their cases from the magistrate to district court level for trial.
Givens faces up to five years in prison and a fine of up to $5,000 if convicted of the felony aggravated assault charge.
Additionally, prosecutors have filed an enhancement against Givens for being a persistent violator, which could extend any prison sentence levied against him by no less than five years and up to life in prison.
If Gorringe is convicted of the possession of fentanyl charge, he faces up to seven years in prison and a fine of up to $15,000.