UPDATE: Two arrested after police search for fugitive at I.F. hotel
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UPDATE:
Idaho Falls Police report 34-year-old Nicholas Olsen and 32-year-old Chanel Bistodeau were arrested at the FairBridge Inn & Suites Saturday on felony warrants and for drugs.
Olsen, of Ammon, was arrested on a U.S. Marshals warrant, a Bingham County warrant, felony possession of a controlled substance and resisting and obstructing law enforcement. Bistodeau of Blackfoot was arrested for a Bingham County Warrant, felony possession of a controlled substance and resisting and obstructing law enforcement.
Police reports show around 10:45 a.m. the U.S. Marshal’s Office, the Idaho Falls Police Department, IFPD SWAT, Idaho State Police and the Bonneville County Sheriff’s Office responded to the Fairbridge Inn & Suites. They had received information that Olsen, a wanted fugitive, was at the hotel, according to a news release.
Olsen and Bistodeau were both located and arrested at the hotel. During their arrest, officers seized methamphetamine and Heroin from their room. Both were booked into the Bonneville County Jail.
Hotel management tells EastIdahoNews.com authorities asked them to put the building on lock down for several hours, but did not give them any details about what they were doing.
Idaho Falls Police, Idaho State Police and the U.S. Marshal’s office had cleared the scene by 2:45 p.m.
ORIGINAL STORY
IDAHO FALLS — Multiple police officers are on the scene of an incident at a hotel on Lindsay Blvd.
Witnesses say police and the SWAT team have surrounded the FairBridge Inn & Suites at 850 Lindsay Blvd. and the hotel was evacuated.
We have reached out to the Idaho Falls Police Dept. for information on what’s happening. We will update this story with new details as we receive them.