IDAHO FALLS — New details about Monday’s standoff in Idaho Falls were released Tuesday.

Wendy Jeanne Burke, 56, has been charged with one felony count of unlawful possession of a firearm, a misdemeanor charge of assault on certain personnel and misdemeanor resisting and obstructing an officer.

If she is found guilty, she faces up to seven years in jail.

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According to the criminal affidavit, at around 3 p.m., an officer with the Idaho Falls Police Department responded to a call to do a welfare check on Burke.

The caller reported that Burke hadn’t been seen in quite some time and was living with an unknown man. The caller was afraid that the man may have hurt Burke.

The man was later identified, and upon arriving

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