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Man Arrested for Threatening Man with Butcher Knife and Frying Pan
9:07AM Monday
March 18, 2013

(BOISE, Idaho) -- Police arrested a 54-year-old man for allegedly threatening a male acquaintance with a butcher knife and a frying pan Monday night.

Officers were called to a home on W. Boise Ave. near Chrisway Drive at about 8:30 p.m. on a report of a fight involving a knife. The victim had locked himself in a room and called 911. Police helped the victim out of the home and then found the suspect, who appeared to be intoxicated, in a back room. Police discovered that the suspect, identified as James A. Westberry, had allegedly used a butcher knife and a frying pan to threaten the victim.

Police arrested Westberry and booked him into the Ada County Jail. He was charged with aggravated assault, a felony.

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