A U.S. Forest Service worker in Central Idaho is in jail on a $1 million bond after SWAT teams were called in to help end a six-hour armed standoff between him and police last month at his home in Challis.
The incident occurred when police arrived to arrest 47 year old Curtis Lee Caton, a geologist and mineral administrator on the Salmon-Challis National Forest, at his home over a report that he shot a handgun toward people in vehicles in two separate events on the same night.
The Idaho Statesman reports Caton was charged with three felonies: unlawful firearm discharge at an occupied vehicle, assault with intent to murder and malicious injury to property.
He also faces one misdemeanor count for resisting police.
Caton remained in custody Tuesday at the Lemhi County Jail in the city of Salmon.
His preliminary hearing is scheduled for July 1.
If convicted on the four charges, Caton could face up to 35 years in prison and more than $100,000 in fines, not including possible restitution to the victims.
