IDAHO FALLS — A 31-year-old Blackfoot man has been charged after he allegedly set fire to an apartment and threatened to stab people after an argument.

Leo Duran was charged with felony aggravated assault with an enhancement for the use of a deadly weapon and in a separate case, felony arson.

If he is found guilty, he faces up to 30 years in prison, but the enhancement charge adds 15 years to the total sentence.

According to court documents, on Sept. 13, officers with the Blackfoot Police Department were dispatched to an apartment complex located at 1600 Camas Street after receiving a report of a fire in an apartment.

Officers worked to evacuate tenants from the apartment complex, and an officer began to ask who rented the apartment that was on fire.

A witness stated that it was Duran

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