Idaho Falls man allegedly attacked victim with a socket wrench

IDAHO FALLS — An Idaho Falls man allegedly attacked a male victim with a socket wrench near Community Park on Saturday.

Jared Allan Grimaud, 37, has been charged with one count of aggravated assault by attempting to commit violent injury and one count of aggravated battery.

Witnesses riding e-bikes first reported hearing an argument and decided to call police “due to how loud the argument was,” court documents report. One witness called the police while another went to investigate.

The witness who went to investigate found one man, later identified as Grimaud, attacking another man with a socket wrench. The witness reportedly intervened on the victim’s behalf.

Idaho Falls Police arrived and spoke with the victim, who said he and his family were at the park with flashlights searching for his daughter’s car keys. As they were searching for the keys, Grimaud reportedly exited his vehicle, which was parked in the park parking lot, and started yelling at the victim and his family.

The victim told police that Grimaud had yelled he was going to “f****** kill him,” and grabbed a 14-inch socket wrench from his car, according to documents. At this point, the victim told his wife and daughter to leave, as “he was fearing for his life and the life of his family,” documents state.

The victim’s wife and daughter left to go to the other side of the park to get in their vehicle and planned to come back to pick up the victim, but when they made it back Grimaud and the victim were already in a physical altercation.

The victim allegedly tried fighting the wrench away from Grimaud, during which the victim was struck in the head, busted his lip and suffered scratches to his arm, documents state.

Police reportedly interviewed Grimaud and noted that Grimaud appeared to struggle to maintain his train of thought. Grimaud would allegedly forget what the police asked him or would give answers that did not answer the police’s questions.

Grimaud was able to report that he became angry with the victim and his family because he thought that the family was shining flashlights into his car.

Grimaud was placed under arrest. When later asked about threatening the victim, Grimaud allegedly denied it at first, but later admitted to threatening the victim.

If found guilty, Grimaud may face up to 20 years in prison and may be required to pay fines of up to $55,000.

Grimaud is being represented by a public defender. The Idaho State Public Defender’s office does not comment on pending cases.

He is set to appear in court on Aug. 14 for a preliminary hearing.

Although Grimaud has been accused of a crime, that does not necessarily mean he committed it. Everyone is presumed innocent until proven guilty.