BOISE, Idaho (CBS2) — Ada County Sheriff's Office (ACSO) reports deputies arrested a 25-year-old man for pointing a handgun at teenagers who toilet-papered his south Boise-area home Monday night. Omar S. Al Azzawi is being held in the Ada County Jail on three felony counts of aggravated assault.
Deputies began their investigation just before 10:10 p.m. on Monday after dispatchers received a call from a resident in a home near the Charter Pointe subdivision in south Boise about kids toilet-papering their home and driving away.
While deputies were on their way, dispatchers got more calls, and were told a resident of the home located the teenagers and everyone involved was back at the house.
When deputies arrived, they found three boys between 14 and 17 years old sitting on the sidewalk. Al Azzawi was also there. One deputy talked to the boys while another talked with Al Azzawi.
The boys told deputies they were toilet-papering the home and drove away when someone from inside came out and yelled at them. Theteens said they were still in the area when a man driving a tow truck, later identified as Al Azzawi, pulled up next to their car, blocked it from moving and got out of the truck holding a handgun.
The teens told deputies Al Azzawi pointed the gun at them and ordered them to get out of the car or he would shoot them. Once outside, they said Al Azzawi grabbed one of the boys and took turns pointing the handgun at all three.
The boys said another man showed up and worked to calm Al Azzawi down. The boys said Al Azzawi threatened to shoot them if they did not drive back to the home.
Deputies then interviewed Al Azzawi, who told them he pointed an unloaded handgun at the kids. Deputies continued to collect evidence at the scene, arrested Al Azzawi and booked him into the Ada County Jail.
Deputies released the teens to the custody of their parents.
ACSO says aggravated assault is punishable by up to five years in prison.
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