Two arrested following stabbing
A Shoshone County patrol vehicle blocks off a section of Anderson Way in Silverton following a stabbing on Tuesday afternoon.
Photo by JOSH McDONALD
The blue house that can be seen in the background of this photo was the scene of a stabbing in Silverton on Tuesday afternoon. The alleged suspect responsible for the stabbing has been taken into custody.
SILVERTON — Deputies from the Shoshone County Sheriff’s Office responded to a report of a stabbing on Tuesday afternoon in the usually-quiet community of Silverton.
Nicholas E. Bauer, 42, and Laurel D. Story-Bauer, 62, were taken into custody this afternoon following a multi-agency investigation that led law enforcement from the east Shoshone community, back to a motel in Kellogg.
The call came in around 1:30 p.m. after a woman was seen driving down Anderson Way with her husband, who had just been stabbed.
According to the victim's family, they were headed to the hospital when it appeared that the victim had stopped breathing. This prompted his wife to pull over and began trying to revive him. Unlike previous reports of a woman screaming, her efforts to keep her husband alive were seen by a pair of contractors working on a nearby home stopped what they were doing, and helped her get ahold of emergency crews.
Which arrived at the scene near the home that was being worked on by the contractors.
The stabbing occurred at a home located just around the corner from Anderson Way, at 506 Strope St. The alleged suspect fled the scene prior to law enforcement's arrival and had left the scene as a passenger in a vehicle.
Another witness explained to the News-Press that the victim and his alleged assailant were assisting in moving items from the home when, allegedly, a fight broke out — resulting in one man being stabbed by the other.
According to other reports, the alleged suspect and the driver of the vehicle drove to the Trail Motel in Kellogg, where with the assistance of Idaho State Police, Kellogg Police and Pinehurst Police, the SCSO took both into custody just after 4 p.m.
According to arrest reports, Bauer is being charged with aggravated assault and Story-Bauer is being charged with being an accessory to a felony.
In Idaho, aggravated assault is defined as an assault with a deadly weapon or instrument without intent to kill; or by any means or force likely to produce great bodily harm.
Aggravated assault is punishable by imprisonment in the state prison not to exceed five years or by a fine not exceeding $5,000, or by both.
Being an accessory to a felony is defined as all persons are accessories who, having knowledge that a felony has been committed willfully withhold or conceal it from a peace officer, judge, magistrate, grand jury or trial jury; or harbor and protect a person who committed such felony or who has been charged with or convicted thereof.
Accessory is punishable by imprisonment in the state prison not exceeding five years, or by a fine not exceeding $50,000, or by both.
According to the SCSO, Bauer remains in custody at the Shoshone County Public Safety Building.
The victim was transported to a local medical facility, and according to police reports, is expected to recover from their injuries.
The name of the victim will not be released and the investigation is ongoing.
The Shoshone News-Press will continue to follow this developing story.
UPDATED FOR ACCURACY 11/7 at 2 p.m.
