California man arrested after threatening a woman with a pellet gun
Idaho Falls Police arrested 21-year-old Phillip A. R. Worsham for aggravated assault after he threatened a 56-year-old Idaho Falls woman with a pellet gun Sunday afternoon.
Worsham of San Jose, Calif., was booked into the Bonneville County Jail.
According to reports, officers responded to the 400 block of West 19th Street around 3 p.m. for a report of a child custody disturbance.
The 56-year-old woman reported to police that Worsham and 21-year-old Tina Spencer arrived at her home demanding to take the woman’s grandchild. The woman’s grandchild is the child of her son and Spencer. Worsham and Spencer were told no and asked to leave. They left.
The woman then said she left her home a short time later to run an errand. At which time she noticed Worsham and Spencer following her in a truck. When the woman returned home and was walking into the house, Worsham and Spencer appeared back at the home. Worsham ran toward the woman pulling a gun from his pants. The woman ran into the house and called police.
Worsham and Spencer fled the scene but were later stopped by Idaho State Police on Interstate 15 in Pocatello. ISP seized a pellet gun from the vehicle.
Spencer was arrested by ISP for driving on a suspended driver’s license, possession of a stolen vehicle and a warrant. Worsham was transported back to Idaho Falls and placed under arrest for aggravated assault.
